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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... , Clonic, Atonic ... , Tonic-clonic Provoked ... vasoconstriction syndrome
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... pneumoconiosis - Toxic ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... Infectious - Chronic ... chemotherapy #Diagnosis
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Causes of Anterior ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Immunocompromised-CMV • Chronic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #ophthalmology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... • Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Ovulatory pain • Ectopic ... Irritable bowel syndrome
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Generalized Differential Diagnosis ... Systemic and Primary Causes ... (dry skin) • Atopic ... Creatinine & BUN: • Chronic ... Myelodisplastic syndrome
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
- Sarcoidosis Toxic ... heart failure (chronic ... disease (Budd-Chiari syndrome ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... Hepatology #Cirrhosis #Causes
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
- Differential Diagnosis ... Chronic: - ... PRES, Metabolic/Toxic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #ophthalmology
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
- Differential Diagnosis ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... (RDS) • Chronic ... Impairments (NDI) Ophthalmology ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Low Vitamin B12 Levels
Low vitamin B12 intake - Vegetarianism, chronic alcoholism and older people
Autoimmune
Causes of Low Vitamin ... Vegetarianism, chronic ... and Sjögren's syndrome ... malabsorption - Atrophic ... #differential #diagnosis
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
- Differential Diagnosis ... glaucoma, Adie's tonic ... Miosis: Horner's syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ophthalmology