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Trauma & Stressor Related Psychiatric Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

 - Adjustment Disorder - Development of
Psychiatric Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stressor #Anxiety #PTSD ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
POCUS Algorithm for Chest Pain

Integrating POCUS in crashing chest pain is complex. Know the views that
narrowing the differential ... identify sick pts ... Shock #Crashing #Diagnosis
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Chronic: Anxiety, PTSD ... Chronic #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
panel of 2,000 pts ... - 11 million diagnoses ... Pharyngitis #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #microbiology
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Diagnosis: • hemolytic ... influenza (younger pts ... disease (younger pts ... ) Differential ... Diagnosis Monoclonal
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
malignancy (HM) pts ... BAL GM does not differentiate ... non-neutropenic pts ... recipients, CGD pts ... Galactomannan #diagnosis
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Receptor (sTfR) to differentiate ... and/or stress • Pts ... IBD #Algorithm #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... apnea: CPAP, most pts ... Workup #causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #indications
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
Abdominal Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis According ... narrow down your differential ... diagnoses. ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... • Minority of Pts ... should be done on diagnosis ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis