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Causes of Back Pain #Diagnosis #EM #PrimaryCare #Differential #Back #Pain #BackPain #Spinal #Referred #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Back Pain ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #Differential #Back ... Pain #BackPain #Spinal ... #Referred #Algorithm
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
Dizziness - Central ... and Peripheral ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Peripheral #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
arthritis of the spine ... Intervertebral disc ... Spondylolisthesis • Spinal ... spondylitis), Peripheral ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Central Nervous ... Syndromes - Spinal ... Cord • Spinal ... #Causes #Peds #
Secondary Causes of Hypothermia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definition:
- Core temp < 35°C

Infectious:
 - Sepsis

Neuromuscular Disease:
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Secondary Causes ... Extremes of age Lack ... Hypoglycemia Impaired Central ... - Toxins - Peripheral ... neuropathies - Spinal
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... and periphery, ... be 1° or 2°) - Multisystem ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diet/Lifestyle
 • Fibre
 • Calories
 • Fluid
 • Exercise
 • Psychosocial
Medications
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Neurogenic - Peripheral ... Neurogenic - Central ... Parkinson's Disease • Spinal ... #Causes
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
roots—cervical spine ... torticollis, cervical disc ... , lung cancer, central ... Loss of vision or black ... nasal, cervical spine
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... • Herniated disc ... Cord Causes: 1 ... Symptoms: • Back ... differential #algorithm
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Neurologic deficits (peripheral ... Malignant Epidural Spinal ... • New-onset back ... paradoxus • Beck ... Progressive decline in mental