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The RIGID patient: tetanus mimics
 - Serotonin Syndrome
 - Neuroleptic Malignant Sx
 - Malignant Hyperthermia
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- Serotonin Syndrome ... - Drug-induced Dystonia ... rigid #patient #differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Constipation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cord Lesions • Myotonia ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Guillain-Barre syndrome ... heavy metals), Critical ... Muscular dystrophy, Myotonic ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... HLH syndrome 5. ... marrow failure syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... think about three clinical ... Mitochondrial myopathy • Myotonic ... Ptosis #neurology #Differential
Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis and Management
PTH Independent (↑ PTH)
 • LOW VIT D
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Hypocalcemia - Diagnosis ... Syndrome - ... - DiGeorge Syndrome ... #Hypocalcemia #Diagnosis ... endocrinology #differential
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Consumption Disorders
 1. Autoimmune Mediated Pancytopenia
 2. Splenic Sequestration
Peripheral Destruction
Pancytopenia - Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... HLH syndrome 5 ... marrow failure syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
done. ... Differential Bilat ... shred sign Rt Zone ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #clinical #ultrasound
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Decreased intake/absorption: Starvation, Alcoholism, Malabsorption, Phosphate binder use
 • Redistribution/
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... malabsorption), Hungry bone ... syndrome • Renal ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... alkalosis, Hungry bone ... Hypophosphatemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Framework