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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Causes of Peripheral ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Objective Weakness • Cardio-pulmonary ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... #Causes
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Causes of Dizziness ... Vasodepressor Syncope • Cardiac ... • Anemia • Peripheral ... neuropathy • ... #Causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Clinical: Dyspnea ... hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... urine • Amyloid nephropathy ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... , Peripheral neuropathy ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram
A 70 year old was presented to the urgent care center with severe retrosternal chest pain
chest pain and a cardiac ... showed a classic syndrome ... 2017-02-01p2-3/ #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #Takotsubo
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Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Framework and Clinical ... Manifestations Causes ... flow, increasing cardiac ... - Symmetrical peripheral ... - Falls due to peripheral
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Autonomic Neuropathy ... • Migraine Cardiac ... Stenosis • Cardiac ... #causes
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
In up to 1/4 of cases ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome ... #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Clinical
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Causes of Hypotonic Infant (Floppy Newborn) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Nervous System - Decreased LOC, Axial
Causes of Hypotonic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Other Congenital Syndromes ... Poliomyelitis Peripheral ... #Causes #Peds #
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations depending on clinical ... syndrome: troponin ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm