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Chronic Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Intra-Articular
 - Bone
     • Stress
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Muscle • Delayed ... Intraarticular #MSK ... #Differential # ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Variant, Delayed ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... endocrinology #causes
Delayed Fracture Healing - Non-Union - Malunion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Inflammation (Hours-Days) -> Soft Callus (Days-Weeks)
Diagnosis Algorithm ... deviations from normal ... NonUnion #Malunion #MSK ... #Differential # ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
excrete water normally ... Then, ask 3 questions ... approach to the differential ... puts patients at risk ... #Hyponatremia #Differential
Hippocratic Shoulder Reduction 
Shoulder reduction is the process of returning the shoulder to its normal position
Normally, closed ... Increases risk of ... Shoulder #Reduction #MSK ... #PhysicalExam # ... Procedure #Orthopedics
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • DM risk ... - Switch to oral ... • Delayed response ... Lung Abscess Differential ... #causes #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... neuroexam - Oral ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Intraabdominal - Orthopedic ... Unstable Angina Delay
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... circulation = risk ... exogenous, EPO levels: normal ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... ., familial or dilated ... sx overlap with normal ... management #cardiology #treatment
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
diabetes is a risk ... Treatment can be ... tenosynovitis #msk ... #clinical #physicalexam ... #orthopedics #rheumatology