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Skin Ulcers of the Lower Legs / Feet - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
• Pressure
• Trauma
• Radiation
Vascular:
• Arterial
Legs / Feet - Differential ... Neurological: • Diabetic ... neuropathy • Tabes ... gangrenosum • Diabetic ... #dermatology #Differential
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
• Drugs • Diabetic ... Nephropathy Renin ... • Sickle-cell nephropathy ... nephrology #potassium #differential
Etiologies of Hypoaldosteronism

Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Low Renin, Low Aldosterone)
 - Diabetic Nephropathy 
 - NSAIDs
Non-Hyporeninemic Hypoaldosteronism (Normal
Aldosterone) - Diabetic ... Nephropathy ... Hypoaldosteronism #Differential
Intrinsic Renal Disease - Differential Diagnosis
Vascular:
 • Macrovascular: Renal artery occlusion, Fibromuscular disease
 • Microvascular: TTP/HUS,
Renal Disease - Differential ... Membranous, FSGS, Diabetic ... , NSAIDs, Cast nephropathy ... Disease #nephrology #differential
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
Proteinuria - Differential ... casts • IgA nephropathy ... • Membranous nephropathy ... • HTN • Diabetes ... Proteinuria #Nephrology #Differential
Skin Ulcers by Etiology - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Physical:
 • Trauma
 • Pressure
 • Radiation
Vascular:
 • Arterial
by Etiology - Differential ... Neurological: • Diabetic ... neuropathy • ... gangrenosum • Diabetic ... #dermatology #Differential
Dysphagia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Structural
 • Tumors
 • Zenker's Diverticulum
 • Foreign Bodv
Neuromuscular Toxic/Metabolic
 • Myasthenia
Dysphagia Differential ... Achalasia • Diabetic ... Neuropathy Intermittent ... #Dysphagia #Differential
Acute Abdominal Pain - Location Based Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Rule out surgical abdomen: pt lying still, rigid/hard
Location Based Differential ... be atypical in diabetics ... (neuropathy), elderly ... Pain #Location #Differential
Vision Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic: 
  - Cornea: Scarring, Edema
  - Lens: Cataracts
Vision Loss - Differential ... degeneration - Retina: Diabetic ... Ischemic Optic Neuropathy ... #Vision #Loss #Differential
Causes of Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Motility: Diet, IBS-C, Colonic inertia, Pelvic floor disorders,
Constipation - Differential ... Spinal cord injury, Neuropathy ... • Metabolic: Diabetes ... #Constipation #Differential