12 results
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... mesenteric ischemia ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Pericarditis, CAD ... : • Acute: Ascites ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Thalassemia • Lead ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
 •
Causes of Biliary ... Inflammatory: Chronic ... Parasitic infection, Ischaemic ... diagnosis #hepatology ... #gastroenterology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
     •
Causes of Diffuse ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Age > 50 • Chronic ... Lymphadenopathy #LAD ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cervical:
 - Anterior
     • Infection
Causes of Localized ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Esophagus) • Abdominal ... Lymphadenopathy #LAD ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... #Causes #Hematology
Abdominal Distention - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Ascites
Bowel Dilatation
Other Causes
Mechanical Obstruction
 • Adhesions 60%
 • Volvulus 3%
 •
- Differential ... Ascites Bowel ... Dilatation Other Causes ... Hypothyroidism Chronic ... Infectious • Ischemic
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... for alternative causes ... disease, Hepatic ischaemia ... disorder (e.g. ascites ... #hepatology
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Calcium, Cadmium, Lead ... problem (loss of sites