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Bloating and Belching - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup
Phenotypes:
"The gastric bloater" - Gastric outlet obstruction, Gastroparesis,
and Belching - Differential ... Framework and Workup ... Gastric outlet obstruction ... Bloating #Belching #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
out lymphatic obstruction ... peritoneum, lymphatic obstruction ... This differential ... ascites #diagnosis #workup ... #algorithm #differential
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... Algorithm and Differential ... blood count with differential ... hypovolaemia and obstruction ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
diabetes - Post-obstructive ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Classification #Causes #Workup
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Daytime Sleepiness - Differential ... Shift Work) Sleep ... Disorders • Obstructive ... Fatigue #Sleepiness #Differential
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... years | Mechanical obstruction ... disorder URGENT WORKUP ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... gastroenterology #workup
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Elevated Troponin Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... /Trauma • No Obstruction ... Elevated #Troponin #Differential
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
extrahepatic biliary obstruction ... nonsuppurative destructive ... bile ducts Differential ... disease, Bile duct obstruction ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... Differential Diagnosis ... CNS depression, Obstructive ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup ... #Differential #
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Hypertension - Differential ... taken at home, work ... coarctation • Obstructive ... HTN #Cardiology #Differential