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Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... lyme • Altered mental ... arteritis • Acute ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Systemic N - Neurologic ... Eye/Temple • Pain ... quickly, deep pain ... Hypoglycemia Anatomy - Acute
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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: - Acute appendicitis ... - Trauma Medical ... infection • acute ... poisoning - Acute ... #Causes #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... compartment syndrome ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... between visual and pain ... : - Acute angle-closure ... #differential # ... ophthalmology #Neurology
Diseases Presenting with Pain Out Of Proportion (POOP) - Differential Diagnosis:
 - Orbital Cellulitis 
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Presenting with Pain ... Compartmental Syndrome ... Angina - Aortic Abdominal ... Aneurysm - Acute ... umanamd #POOP #Pain
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Pain (<72 hours ... ) - Differential ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Abdominal #Pain
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... wall painAbdominal ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Causes #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Compartment Syndrome ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Etiologies • Nonfocal mental ... poisoning • Mental ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... symptoms #clues #differential