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FABER Maneuver: Flexion, ABduction, External Rotation 

Tips to distinguish SI joint pain from other areas of
ROM: indicates hip ... or iliopsoas disease ... How good is this test ... - Can also be positive ... Sacroiliac #SIJoint #Diagnosis
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Fanconi's syndrome ... Minimal change disease ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver for BPPV

Procedure:
1. Make the patient sit on examination table, such that the shoulders would
Dix-Hallpike Maneuver ... 45° towards the test ... throughout the test ... #Instructions #Diagnosis ... #neurology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Differential Diagnosis ... : - ANCA-positive ... , biopsy By Tess ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Summary Use a positive ... cultures, but test ... risk • Routine colonoscopy ... Rule out celiac disease
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... Skin lesions • Positive ... pathergy test ( ... is a skin prick test ... ) Differential Diagnosis
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Borrelia (Lyme Disease ... encephalitis, West ... Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
; if positive, test ... - Positive in ... : HIV test, a rubella ... (to support a diagnosis ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... dehydrogenase • Positive ... Mycoplasma, EBV, HIV ... Test: Donath-Landsteiner ... test #cold #
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
- Differential Diagnosis ... include a: • Neurologic ... Onset ○ Meniere disease ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... ○ Lyme disease