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Headache Differential - Primary vs Secondary
A vast number of diseases can cause a headache. We divide
vast number of diseases ... can cause a headache ... headaches are caused ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Primary #Secondary #Table
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Differential Diagnosis ... Various renal diseases ... ssyndrome, sickle cell disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Table #Causes
Nail diseases and disorders.
 - Spoon Nails (Koilonychia)
 - Pitting of Nails
 - Beau's Lines
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Nail diseases and ... disorders ... white spots) #Diagnosis ... #Leukonychia #Table ... #Clinical #PhysicalExam
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Heart Failure - Pathophysiology ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Vasodilation Lung Disease ... Myeloproliferative Disorders ... #cardiology #causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infarction • Stable ... • Biliary Disease ... • Somatoform Disorder ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of ileitis beyond Crohn’s disease and infections include systemic disorders -spondyloarthropathies, vasculitides, ischemia, and amyloidosis
Causes of ileitis ... beyond Crohn’s disease ... include systemic disorders ... See below for table ... articles/PMC2914216/ #Diagnosis
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... myeloproliferative disorders ... , thyroid disorders ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Causes
Etiologies of Hypoaldosteronism

Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Low Renin, Low Aldosterone)
 - Diabetic Nephropathy 
 - NSAIDs
Non-Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Normal
insufficiency - Critical ... illness - Genetic disorders ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Aldosterone #Comparison #Table ... #Causes
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
It is caused by ... connective tissue disorders ... TreeInBud #Sign #diagnosis ... #clinical #radiology ... #ChestCT #pathophysiology
Gaucher Disease 

Pathophsiology
 • Lysosomal storage disorder
 • Deficiency of ß-glucocerebrosidase
• Accumulation of glucosylceramide in macrophages
Diagnosis
Gaucher Disease ... Pathophsiology ... Lysosomal storage disorder ... in GBA1 gene Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Signs