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Red Flags in Back Pain
 • Cancer: Age > 50, History of cancer, Unexplained weight loss,
Flags in Back Pain ... • Infection: Fever ... • Cauda equina syndrome ... #differential # ... #primarycare #checklist
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management checklist ... - Triglyceride level ... abdominal compartment syndrome ... Pain control - ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Insufficiency, Liver ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Extra-articular and Other Conditions Associated with Joint Pain

Eyes
  • Iritis or uveitis - Spondyloarthropathies, Sarcoidosis,
Associated with Joint Pain ... Wilson's disease Pulmonary ... Spondyloarthropathies, SLE • Pulmonary ... conditions #joint #pain ... #differential #
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
brown sputum, fever ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Ischemia, Compartment Syndrome ... Demand: Stress / Pain ... in Short Bowel Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... Actively maintained fever ... • Serotonin syndrome ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... CCB, BB, BRASH syndrome ... Cardiac Tamponade, Pulmonary ... Shock #diagnosis #differential ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
wasting, radicular pain ... dysfunction, back pain ... Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... lymphadenopathy, pulmonary ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #