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Causes of Altered Mental Status #Diagnosis #EM #IM #AMS #AlteredMentalStatus #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Altered ... Mental Status # ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #AMS ... AlteredMentalStatus #Differential ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
- Differential ... toxicity • Otitis media ... - Amy Chung, ... MD, MSc @AmyChung ... Diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Causes of Excessive ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypoventilation Syndrome Medical ... Parkinson's, MS) ... #Causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Clinical Pearls ... suggest a mass as ... the cause ... depress when looking medially
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Hearing Loss - Differential ... disruption â—‹ Otitis media ... cause unknown) ... Noise trauma â—‹ MS ... Hearing #Loss #Differential
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Cortical Desmoid - MSK ... Case description ... Differential diagnosis ... #mri #clinical ... Radiology #diagnosis #msk
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
head-impulse, nystagmus, test ... the dizziness as ... The approach uses ... into one of three clinical ... #Differential #
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Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... report dehydration as ... /other causes • ... improvement w/ mental
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... a clinical prognostic ... patient’s complete medical ... or diagnostic tests ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... life-threatening Differential ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... immunologic assay - MuSK