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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup History ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... #Causes #Workup
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Eosinophil Disorders ... evaluation or workup ... for specific symptoms ... 1,500 cells/µL Workup ... #Differential #diagnosis
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Aortitis - Diagnosis ... and Workup Clinical ... hypertension) - Symptoms ... Inflammatory diseases ... #Causes
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Insufficiency Addison's Disease ... Infiltrative Disorders ... autoimmune endocrine disorder ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
neurocognitive disorders ... 1) Clinical diagnosis ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... hallucinations - Movement disorders ... Dementia - 2nd cause
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
Visual or auditory symptoms ... conjunction with symptoms ... Inflammatory causes ... optica spectrum disorder ... #differential #diagnosis
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms ... Sarcomeric Protein Disorders ... #Causes #differential
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS ... hypotension - Nausea ... and associated disorders ... Autoimmune thyroid disease ... and associated disorders
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
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Framework Symptom ... stroke, Parkinson disease ... URGENT WORKUP ... the underlying cause ... gastroenterology #workup