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An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... edema • Infectious ... Consolidation (Infection ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... #pulmonary
Causes of Diffuse and Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Reactive (Inflammatory / Infectious)
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Inflammatory / Infectious ... ) #Diffuse #Focal ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Provoked Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - "DIMS" Mnemonic
Drugs:
 • Drug overdose
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Pediatric Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - "DIMS" Mnemonic ... • Poisoning Infection ... • Sepsis • Meningitis
Causes of Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cervical:
 - Anterior
     • Infection
Anterior • Infection ... Axillary: • Infection ... (In absence of infection ... pathologic): • Infection ... #Localized #Focal
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Epilepsy: • Focal ... brain injury • Infectious ... : Meningitis, Encephalitis
Causes of Vaginal Discharge - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplastic:
 • Endometrium
 • Cervix
 • Vulva
 • Vagina
Systemic
Vaginal Discharge - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... vascular disease • Dermatologic ... Local Inflammatory ... Sexually Transmitted Infection
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
) Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm DIFFUSE ... Related • Post-infectious ... Irreversible-biopsy required - Infectious ... HairLoss #Alopecia #dermatology
Neurological Manifestations of Tuberculosis
Spinal Arachnoiditis & Polyradiculopathy:
 • Subacute onset of limb weakness, bladder/bowel dysfunction, muscle
of Tuberculous Meningitis ... vasculitis and infarction ... Headache, fever, focal ... and not direct infection ... Tuberculosis #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Pediatric Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infantile: • Benign Focal ... Poisoning Provoked - Infection ... • Sepsis • Meningitis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... lesion • CNS infection ... (e.g., meningitis ... neurology #PHANTOMS #mnemonic