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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Acute spinal cord injury ... Guillain-Barré syndrome ... in spinal cord injury ... Hyperthyroidism, Serotonin syndrome ... #differential #
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... , Direct Injury, ... Pericardial #Effusion #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Kidney Syndromes - A Guide to Compartmentalize the Etiologies of Kidney Disease
1) Tubule and interstitium
2) Vasculature
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Kidney Syndromes ... Renal #Kidney #Syndromes ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Causes ... #Failure #Injury
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
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Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... , Compartment syndrome ... , Electrical injury ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Management #Summary #causes
Localizing Extraocular Movement Disorders
 • CN Ill (Oculomotor) Nerve Palsy 
 • CN IV (Trochlear) Nerve
Fasciculus (MLF) Iniury ... One-and-a-half Syndrome ... Skew Deviation Casey ... #Localization #ophthalmology ... #neurology #differential
Causes of Depressed / Lethargic Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Related:
 • Drugs (Ex. SSRI)
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Causes of Depressed ... Lethargic Newborn - Differential ... Congenital: • Birth Injury ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Anterior Uveitis - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Uveitis - 90% of cases of Uveitis
 • Inflammation
Uveitis - Differential ... Posner-Schlossman Syndrome ... Anterior #Uveitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #ophthalmology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Drugs & Toxins (Statins, alcohol, cocaine)
 • Direct Muscle
Causes of Rhabdomyolysis ... - Differential ... (Trauma/crush injury ... malignant neuroleptic syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Hyperpyrexia (Temp > 106.7° F) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Heat Stroke
 • Drug-induced: Amphetamines,
Causes of Hyperpyrexia ... > 106.7° F) - Differential ... • Serotonin syndrome ... , Hypothalamic Injury ... #Diagnosis #Causes