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Hypoglycemia Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

Features of hypoglycemia:
 • Neurogenic: Tremor, Palpitations, Anxiety, Arousal, Sweating, Hunger,
Hypoglycemia Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... • Neurogenic: Tremor ... #Hypoglycemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential ... albumin, ESR, endoscopy ... Disease Mucosal Tumor ... Mastocystosis Neoplastic Tumor ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Stroke - Differential ... Algorithm and Management ... Aneurysm, Brain Tumor ... #Stroke #CVA #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #management
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
diagnosis and management ... Bronchial stenosis (tumor ... Bronchiectasis #diagnosis #management ... #Differential #
Hypermagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism
Renal Failure 
Excessive Mg Administration 
 - Massive PO intake
Mechanisms - Tumor ... Hypermagnesemia #Differential ... Table #Causes #Management
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Tracheal mass/tumor ... stenosis #Stridor #differential ... pulmonary #airway #physicalexam
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Young females Differential ... trauma/orbital tumor ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... e.g., hematoma, tumor ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Knee Effusions - Differential ... - Giant cell tumor ... Effusions #causes #differential ... diagnosis #msk #physicalexam
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
pulsations on funduscopy ... bleed, abscess, or tumor ... symptoms #clues #differential