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Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Decreased intake/absorption: Starvation, Alcoholism, Malabsorption, Phosphate binder use
 • Redistribution/
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... malabsorption), Hungry bone ... syndrome • Renal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes ... #nephrology #phosphate
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
MLF) Iniury • One-and-a-half ... Syndrome • Cavernous ... Skew Deviation Casey ... ophthalmology #neurology ... #differential #
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Hypomagnesemia
 • Redistribution: IV glucose, Correction of diabetic ketoacidosis, IV hyperalimentation, Refeeding after starvation,
Causes of Hypomagnesemia ... metastasis (hungry bone ... Hypomagnesemia #Causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Bone ... #Leg #pain #differential ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
posterior) and bone ... ), compartment syndrome ... • ED Management ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #MSK
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... Young females Differential ... dissociation • Other causes ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Mallet Finger
Absence of a fracture does NOT exclude Mallet finger, the extension function of the DIP
Finger deformity caused ... disruption (may be bony ... Mallet #Finger #Radiology ... #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Orthopedics #MSK
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... Non-inflammatory causes ... consistent with MS ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential #
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus) on Physical Exam
A tonic flexion of the trunk of the body to one
Pisa Syndrome (pleurothotonus ... of the body to one ... Caused commonly ... pleurothotonus #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #neurology