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Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Anemia • Chronic Infection ... Deconditioning • Arthritis ... Peripheral #Weakness #Neurology ... #Differential #
Primary and Secondary Headaches - Red Flags and Differential Diagnosis
Red Flags (SNOOP):
S - Systemic		
N - Neurologic
Red Flags and Differential ... Systemic N - Neurologic ... Thrombosis, Giant Cell Arteritis ... primary #secondary #management ... #neurology
A primer on the causes, evaluation and management of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Patients. 
Obstructive:
evaluation and management ... Acute Myocardial Infarction ... non-obstructive coronary arteries ... Hypercoagulable States #cardiology ... #MINOCA #differential
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infections: Cerebral abscess (bacterial, fungal, parasitic), Neurocysticercosis, Tuberculoma, Cerebral
Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Differential ... Diagnosis • Infections ... Enhancing #Lesions #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology ... #radiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... erythematosus, Rheumatoid arthritis ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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to Headaches - Differential ... lesion • CNS infection ... ) • Temporal arteritis ... #Headache #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 • Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 • Other
splenomegaly Other infections ... multiple lesions Infectious ... Lesions #Brain #differential ... diagnosis #causes #radiology ... #neurology
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... pancreatitis), joints (arthritis ... extremities (ischemia, infarction ... #Algorithm #differential ... nephrotic #syndrome #nephrology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... +/- myocardial infarction ... Behcet disease) Differential ... SLE, Reactive arthritis ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Hematuria in Post-Renal Transplant Patient
Prevalence up to 12% in the postrenal transplant patient
 • Bacterial: Escherichia
: Secondary to infections ... Renal #Transplant #differential ... #blood #urine #management ... #treatment #nephrology