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Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
to narrow your differential ... : incubation period ... up incubation period ... to narrow your differentials ... #differentials #
Causes of Abnormal Uterine Bleeding

Non-pregnant bleeding that is inegular in timing, frequency, or flow 

Mnemonic: PALM-COEIN
Painful heavy periods ... Consider in all peri ... Obstetrics #Gynecology #Differential
Depressed Moods - Mood Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Major Depressive Disorder
 • 2 week period, depressed
Mood Disorders - Differential ... Disorder • 2 week period ... Bereavement #Adjustment #Differential
Pulmonary Complications Following Stem Cell Transplant

For patients in the pre- engraftment period (day 0-30):
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Pulmonary
pre- engraftment period ... post- engraftment period ... post-engraftment period ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Trauma, Aneursym, Peri-Mesencephalic ... #Stroke #CVA #Differential
Amiodarone-Induced Lung Iniurv (AILI) - Timeline
Hours to days (peri-procedurally): ARDS
Days to months: DAH
Weeks: Eosinophilic pneumonia
Weeks to
Hours to days (peri-procedurally ... pulmonary #diagnosis #differential
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Post-surgical period ... Thrombocytosis #Platelets #Differential
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Polyarticular Join Pain
 • Viral Myalgia
 • Viral Arthritis
Infectious Joint Pain - Differential ... Monoarticular - Peri-Articular ... JointPain #MSK #Differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - Differential ... Periodical Fever: Periods ... by an afebrile period ... by an afebrile period ... Fever #Patterns #Differential
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
function over a short period ... Classification #Differential