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Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... ) - Differential ... #Classification ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Rheumatic heart disease ... Age-related changes, chronic ... kidney disease ... Primary #Functional #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
RBCs on Smear • Chronic ... Reticulocytes, MCV ... Disease • Marrow ... Non-lmmune #Anemia #Classification ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... heart due to a chronic ... heart disease, ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... Chronic diseases ... lobar pneumonia caused ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
- Most Common Cause ... TTE, TEE, CT or MRI ... rheumatic valve disease ... Embolism #diagnosis #differential ... scoring #criteria #cardiology
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Renal Calculus AXR ... radiation dose Ultrasound ... retroperitoneal disease ... Combination of above MRI ... for non-calculus causes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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Vasculitides - Differential ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... • HIV • HBV HCV ... #rheumatology #classification
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
this pattern was caused ... most challenging differential ... many inhalational diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #