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Toxic Megacolon 
Inflammatory bowel disease or Infectious colitis characterized by total or segmental nonobstructive colonic dilatation
Toxic Megacolon ... total or segmental nonobstructive ... condition #Toxic
MINOCA Workup Algorithm 
Myocardial Infarction with Nonobstructive Coronary Arteries

#MINOCA #Workup #Algorithm #diagnosis #cardiology #Nonobstructive #myocardial #injury
Infarction with Nonobstructive ... diagnosis #cardiology #Nonobstructive
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Absence, Myoclonic, Tonic ... Clonic, Atonic, Tonic-clonic ... syndrome, Moyamoya • Toxic
Algorithm for Diagnosis of the Petechial / Purpuric Rash

Febrile/Toxic, Palpable: 
 - Meningococcaemia, Disseminated Gonococcal Infection,
Rash Febrile/Toxic ... Purpura Febrile/Toxic ... Afebrile/Non-Toxic ... Afebrile/Non-Toxic
Nikolsky's Sign in Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN)

Nikolsky's sign is a clinical dermatological sign which is present
Nikolsky's Sign in Toxic ... Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/toxic ... the exfoliative toxin
Nikolsky's Sign in Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (TEN) - See Updated MP4 Clip Here: https://www.grepmed.com/images/6837

Nikolsky's sign is
Nikolsky's Sign in Toxic ... Stevens-Johnson Syndrome/toxic ... the exfoliative toxin
Generalized Seizures and Pseudoseizures
Generalized seizures "are conceptualized as originating as some point within, and rapidly engaging,
When tonic—clonic ... seizure caused by a toxic ... Toxic and metabolic ... Generalized Seizures / Tonic-Clonic
Stevens-Johnson syndrome (SJS), Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Overlap

 SJS-TEN overlap and TEN - Surface Epidermal
syndrome (SJS), Toxic ... Johnsons #Syndrome #Toxic
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Colitis (Ileus, Toxic ... Abx or chemo) → toxin ... pseudomembranes and toxic ... Diagnosis: • Stool toxin ... immunoassay (↑Spec) - Toxin
Differential diagnosis for toxic/metabolic encephalopathies - Patterns on Brain Imaging

Cynthia Czawlytko, MD @drcyncity

#Differential #diagnosis #encephalopathies #encephalopathy
diagnosis for toxic