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Causes of Acute and Chronic Pelvic Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Pelvic Pain:
 • Non-Gynecologic
 •
Causes of Acute and Chronic ... Pelvic Pain - Differential ... Fallopian Tube Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #OBGyn
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... between visual and pain ... without aura - Chronic ... #differential # ... ophthalmology #Neurology
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Eye/Temple • Pain ... quickly, deep pain ... #diagnosis #differential ... secondary #management #neurology
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... in duration) - Differential ... Endometriosis • Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #OBGyn
Causes of Secondary Headaches (without Red Flag Symptoms) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute
 • Sinusitis
 • Dental
Causes of Secondary Headaches ... Flag Symptoms) - Differential ... Mountain Sickness Chronic ... #Secondary #Headaches ... #Neurology #Differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes of Headache ... ) - Previous chronic ... meningitis - Previous chronic ... ; "worst headache ... signs #symptoms #differential
Renal Tubular Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Serum K, Urine pH < 5.5 - Proximal RTA
Decreased
Tubular Acidosis - Differential ... tract obstruction, Chronic ... Jain via UNC IM ... Tubular #Acidosis #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #nephrology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
vomiting, abdominal pain ... , headache, malaise ... infiltration) Differential ... hepatology #obstetrics #obgyn
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
wasting, radicular pain ... dysfunction, back pain ... • Papilledema, headache ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential ... #TB #neurology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Differentials? ... tubular acidosis/Chronic ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology