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Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Neurologic ... symptoms suggest ... a mass as the cause ... depress when looking medially ... #Ophthalmology
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
hemorrhagic rash; symptoms ... that persists as ... tachypnea, otitis media ... #Immunization #peds ... #pediatrics #pathophysiology
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... headache, altered mental ... status, and focal neurologic ... Demyelinating disease caused ... CNS #Infections #differential
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
Complications - Differential ... Enterocolitis (NEC) Neurologic ... Impairments (NDI) Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Neurological symptoms ... Reversible course Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
fasciculations Common Symptoms ... failure Diagnosis - Medical ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... diet/deficiency symptoms ... /other causes • ... improvement w/ mental ... Algorithm #diagnosis #management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... : • Triad of symptoms ... #nephrology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Medium and large ... Behcet disease) Differential ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Coltivirus Symptoms ... influenzae Symptoms ... rigidity) • Altered mental ... /l is regarded as ... #diagnosis #neurology