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Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
and workup ... 1) Clinical diagnosis ... MRI, iADL scale, ... Aphaso-apraxo-agnosia syndrome ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Irritable bowel syndrome ... barium, CT, or MR ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
and Management ... typically part of the workup ... Purulent Arthritis Syndrome ... Distal joints, knees ... #Management #Microbiology
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
Suggested diagnostic ... out nephrotic syndrome ... only about 15% of all ... obstruction, nephrotic syndrome ... #workup #algorithm
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis and Screening ... CT or MRI scan of ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Screening #Workup
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
mucinous signal on MRI ... Differential Diagnosis ... #degeneration #knee ... #clinical #mri ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... hyperleukocytosis (AML ... #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Treatment ... #Management
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
DOES NOT OSD in all ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... Schlatter #Disease #Knee ... patella #clinical #mri
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... : Amyloidosis (AL ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #Causes #differential
Medial Meniscus Bucket Handle Tear - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Truncation of the medial meniscus on
The "double PCL ... Differential diagnosis ... BucketHandle #Tear #knee ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis