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Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... - Differential Diagnosis ... encephalopathy Acute ... Inflammatory (Acute ... paraneoplastic syndromes
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
The head impulse test ... of AVS and negative ... with a central cause ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #Neurology #AVS
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... (Ischemia) - Acute ... Marfan's Syndrome ... #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... injury, often from vascular ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... signs #symptoms #msk ... #orthopedics #neurology
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... Herpes zoster - HIV ... Immobilization) • Acute ... lower #extremity #msk ... #physicalexam
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... Intra-Renal: • Vascular ... Pigment, Protein) • AIN ... #nephrology #causes
Trendelenburg Gait: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Skeletal Pathology of the Hip
 • Arthritis
 • Congenital hip dysplasia
Chondrodysplasia Neurologic ... Sacroiliac Joint Pain ... pathophysiology #causes ... symptoms #signs #diagnosis ... #msk
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Approach to the ... Volume x Peripheral Vascular ... • Sick sinus syndrome ... muscle rupture • Acute ... #causes #Hypotensive
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint ... Arthritis: • Acute ... e.g., congenital hip ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #differential #diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... - Differential Diagnosis ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... ) • Vascular occlusion ... #nephrology