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Differential for the Child with Petechiae or Purpura
 - Non-thrombocytopenic
 - Thrombocytopenia

#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Petechiae #Purpura
Differential for ... the Child with Petechiae ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Petechiae ... #Purpura #Differential
Petechial/Purpuric Rashes- THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

These rashes can be especially challenging and are
associated with devastating differential
with devastating differential ... palpable, the differential ... likely to have thrombocytopenia ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... #Nonpalpable #Differential
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Rash - Differential ... hemostasis: - Thrombocytopenia ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #dermatology
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Constipation - Differential ... Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... #Constipation #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
fulminans/DIC, Thrombocytopenia ... (ie petechiae), ... Rash #oncology #differential ... MINTC #Mnemonic #dermatology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Shellfish poisoning, Meds ... Muscular dystrophy, Myotonic ... Weakness #Causes #differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... Platelet Disorders - Differential ... History of bleeding (petechiae ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential ... Causes #Workup #hematology
Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Floppy Newborn) - Differential ... • Congenital Myotonic ... Floppy #Newborn #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Constipation - Differential ... Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... Constipation #Pediatric #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... Kearns-Sayre syndrome - Myotonic ... immunosuppressants - Meds