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Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Head and neck masses ... Conductive Hearing ... (80% to 90% of cases ... cause unknown) ... Noise trauma ○ MS
Types of hearing loss #Peds #PrimaryCare #Causes #HearingLoss #Conductive #Sensorineural #BMJ
Types of hearing ... #PrimaryCare #Causes ... #HearingLoss #Conductive
Conductive Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Normal Otoscopy - Middle Ear:
 • Otosclerosis
 • Congenital (Ossicular
Conductive Hearing ... Dysfunction #Conductive ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
Bilateral - No Hearing ... • Metabolic Causes ... Idiopathic Bilateral - Conductive ... Hearing Loss: ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Differential Diagnosis Table ... HyperK vs VT > SVT+conduction ... whether AF is cause ... PMVT vs AFib + conduction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... spondyloarthropathy, Connective ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #msk
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
 - At
provide the earliest clues ... repolarization causes ... L, decrease in conduction ... causes prolonged ... #Progression #Table
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... , worse at the bases ... inhaled antigen Connective ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Diseases #ILD #Causes
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
dissection is caused ... at onset • Tearing ... associations: • Connective
Ulcerative Colitis vs Crohn's Disease - IBD Comparison Table
Ulcerative Collitis
 - Location
IBD Comparison Table ... ileum • Most cases ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... IBD #Comparison #Table