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Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... - Pregnancy, peripartum ... with or without trauma ... #differential #
Causes of Dilated Cardiomyopathy DCMP - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic DCMP: Viral, Inflammatory cardiomyopathy, Genetic causes, Unknown
Causes of Dilated ... Cardiomyopathy DCMP - Differential ... , Unknown causes ... Stress induced, Peripartum ... Cardiomyopathy #DCMP #Differential
Etiologies of dilated cardiomyopathy. HF, heart failure; HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HIV, human
metabolic - Peripartum ... cardiomyopathy #differential ... diagnosis #cardiology #causes
Criteria for diagnosis of PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
1) LV EF <0.45
2) Meets the Framingham criteria for
diagnosis of PPCM - Peripartum ... for HF 3) new symptoms ... no alternative cause ... postpartum #PPCM #Peripartum
Causes of Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Always assess for red flags. If no red flags,
Causes of Back Pain ... - Differential ... constitutional symptoms ... pain, high energy trauma ... #BackPain #Differential
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
- Vertigo - Differential ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Imbalance, neurologic symptoms ... • Ethanol - Trauma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Weakness - Differential ... Sparing = Central cause ... Compression Tumor, Trauma ... Facial #Weakness #Differential
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Causes of Peripheral ... without an obvious cause ... Head trauma - Symptoms ... Central #Vertigo #Causes ... #differential #
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... • Neurologic symptoms ... a mass as the cause ... • Tumor • Trauma ... #DoubleVision #Differential
Trauma & Stressor Related Psychiatric Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

 - Adjustment Disorder - Development of
Trauma & Stressor ... Psychiatric Disorders - Differential ... or Behavioural Symptoms ... of Event Onset, Symptoms ... Post-Event #Trauma