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Differentiation Between Nephrotic Syndrome and Nephritic Syndrome 
== Nephrotic Syndrome ==
Onset - Insidious 
Edema - ++++
Blood
pressure - Normal ... venous pressure - Normal ... cell casts - Absent ... #Nephritic #Comparison ... Table #Nephrology #Diagnosis
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
determine the cause ... only veins of neck ... #Flow #physicalexam ... #diagnosis #hepatology ... #obstruction #comparison
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
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Causes of Anemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Blood Smear • ... Myelodysplastic Syndromes ... #Hematology
Abnormal pulsation in the neck in the setting of Aortic Coarctation

10 yo male,  his father
in the neck in ... high blood presure ... #Pulsation #PhysicalExam ... Aorta #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology #carotid
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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What’s the diagnosis ... accept increased blood ... and other rarer causes ... #clinical #video ... #neck #jugular
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
month following neck ... consistent with a diagnosis ... Bennett & Bloom ... #clinical #video ... ophthalmology #physicalexam
Ketosis Disorders
Ketone bodies are a normal metabolic energy source. Excessive unregulated production of ketones, often accompanied
of re-feeding syndrome ... pregnancy, where blood ... Glucosuria causes ... Nick Mark MD @nickmmark ... #differential #diagnosis
Lancisi’s Sign in Severe Tricuspid Regurgitation

A 60-year-old man presented with progressive dyspnea and weight gain. A
It is caused by ... blood flowing backwards ... Regurgitation #PhysicalExam ... #Clinical #Video ... #JVP #Cardiology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
group of disorders caused ... skin that are caused ... Out Secondary Causes ... cells appear normal ... #diagnosis #hematology
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
Diagnostic Framework ... some patients) Normal ... disease, Acute blood ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... #causes #hematology