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Common Causes of the Different Categories of Dizziness #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #EM #IM #Differential #Dizziness #Vertigo #Disequilibrium
Common Causes of ... #PrimaryCare #EM ... #IM #Differential ... Lightheadedness #Table #NEJM
Causes of Altered Mental Status #Diagnosis #EM #IM #AMS #AlteredMentalStatus #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Altered ... Mental Status # ... Diagnosis #EM #IM ... AlteredMentalStatus #Differential
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
Basement Membrane (GBM ... Linear, ribbon-like GBM ... anti-proteinase 3 (CPR ... Glomerulonephritis #RPGN #Classification ... #Differential #
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... presentation Urinalysis: LE ... diagnosed with CXR ... Diagnosis #Peds #EM ... #Classification
Vasculitis - Break down based on vessel size 
Distribution of vessel involvement by large vessel vasculitis,
vessel vasculitis, medium ... large artery, medium ... Anti-GBM = anti–glomerular ... #Rheumatology #Differential ... #Large #Classification
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Differential Diagnosis ... symptoms (HA, nausea ... postural BP) 4) Medical ... history #Diagnosis #EM ... Pseudohyponatremia #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... , anti-CCP • CXR ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... Renal #Syndrome #differential
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
Webber Ankle Injury Classification ... breaks through the medial ... and easy way to differentiate ... These injuries are caused ... Injury #Fracture #Classification
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... kind of pattern we ... On a CXR the most ... seen and in many cases ... Interstitial #Pattern #Differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... and time again we ... patient’s complete medical ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential ... #typea #typeb #classification