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Causes of Scrotal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful - Sudden Onset
 • Testicular Torsion
 • Torsion
Causes of Scrotal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Incarcerated Hernia ... • Indirect hernia ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thyroid
 • Thymoma
 • Teratoma
Causes of Mediastinal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Diaphragmatic Hernia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
gallstones Hernias ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagosis #DISTENDHIM
Miosis Causes - 4 P's Mnemonic
Constricted: pupils < 2mm, Pinpoint: pupils < 1mm
 • Pain Killer:
Miosis Causes - ... Killer: Opioids / Heroin ... #differential #diagnosis
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... - Inguinal hernia ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Common Raynaud's Mimickers
 - Acrocyanosis
 - Chill blains (pernio)
 - Erythromelalgia
 - Frostbite
 - Achenbach's Syndrome

Dr.
Chill blains (pernio ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Mimics
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Incarcerated Hernia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... did not yield a diagnosis ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... • Abdominal hernia ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Infective endocarditis - etiology and sources of infection. 
 • Native and prosthetic 
valve endocarditis
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IVDUs who dissolve heroin ... Endocarditis #Sources #Causes ... #Microbiology #Diagnosis
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Postinflammatory • Hernia ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #SBO #bowel #Causes