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Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
Somatoform Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pain Disorder ... - Pain; psychological ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... deficits, nocturnal pain ... #Causes
Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
Important Causes ... Midline Abdominal Pain ... AbdominalPain #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Medical Comorbidities Malignancies (most commonly hairy-cell leukemia)
Immunogenetic Predisposition: patient is
Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Orchitis: Testicular pain ... Non-specific abdo pain ... multiplex #PAN
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Pain • Hereditary ... Positive Carnett's sign ... incisional hernias: clinical ... #Rare #Causes ... #differential #
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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Pathogenesis and Clinical ... absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
contrast to the pain ... The pain usually ... life-threatening causes ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Presentation
Diagnostic Algorithm for Suspected Pulmonary Embolism

Well's Criteria for PE
 • Clinical Signs and Symptoms of DVT
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Criteria for PE • Clinical ... Signs and Symptoms ... leg swelling and pain ... AcutePE #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Pelvic Organ Prolapse - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Herniation of one or more pelvic organs
Risk factors:
Causes of Pelvic ... Organ Prolapse - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... possible lower back pain ... Rectum - Defecatory symptoms
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... progressive back pain ... PE: - Local pain ... for weakness, pain