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Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Diagnosis ... lungs) Mimics / Secondary ... Process: • Secondary
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... - Differential Diagnosis ... nephropathy • Secondary ... Post-infectious ... #nephrology
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
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- Differential Diagnosis ... : • Myopathy: Drugs ... Myasthenia, LEMS, Drug ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
Causes of Secondary / Provoked Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Febrile
Infection
 • Sepsis
 • Encephalitis
 • Meningitis
Metabolic
Causes of Secondary ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Febrile Infection ... Uremia • Alcohol/drug ... Provoked #Seizures #Neurology
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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: - Drug reaction ... - Helminth infection ... CD3-CD4+ T cells ... aspergillosis - Viral infections ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... Sarcoidosis • Infections ... disease • Various drugs ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #neurology
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Unilateral: Bell's ... Palsy (70-75%), Infection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #neurology #sparing
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Neurologic: ... Thyroid disease • Infectious ... , Recreational drugs ... #Causes
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
• Screen for secondary ... (common causes ... asthma, allergy, drug ... reaction, infection ... #Differential #diagnosis
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
disease - Infection ... overload - Drugs ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology #causes