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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... • Dilating Aneurysm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Irritating Particles ... , Chemicals, Gases ... #Differential #Causes ... #Table
Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
Causes of Headache ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... trrombosis, Dissection, Aneurysm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #algorithm
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... a mass as the cause ... Diabetes Mellitus • Aneurysm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... malformation, Aneurysm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Otitis externa - Caused ... Cellulitis of auricle ... carcinoma • Thoracic aneurysms ... carotid artery aneurysm ... Traction on the auricle
Causes of Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thyroid
 • Thymoma
 • Teratoma
Causes of Mediastinal ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Mediastinal Mass: • Aneurysm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Visual Abstracts Increase Article Dissemination: 
a prospective, case-control crossover study 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28448382

- Andrew M. Ibrahim MD
@AndrewMIbrahim

#EBM #VisualAbstract
Abstracts Increase Article ... a prospective, case-control ... VisualAbstract #Article ... Dissemination #Retweets #MedEd
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Ruptured aortic aneurysm ... exacerbation (any cause ... Classification #Table
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... abdominal aortic aneurysm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm