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Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Rash, Vomiting, Positive ... pain, Myalgia Diagnosis ... exposure • Symptoms ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Diagnostic Algorithm ... Positive Hallpike ... No auditory symptoms ... Long symptom-free ... #differential #diagnosis
Migraine with Aura
Diagnostic Criteria (ICHD-3):
A) At least 2 attacks fulfilling criteria B and C:
B) One or
Migraine with Aura Diagnostic ... reversible aura symptoms ... is positive ... another ICHD-3 diagnosis ... Migraine #Aura #diagnosis
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
: • Use a positive ... last 3 months + symptom ... Treatment: • Global ... IBS Symptoms: ... gastroenterology #treatment
Spondylolysis & Spondylolisthesis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Pars interarticularis stress fracture (spondylolysis) - most frequently in the
tenderness • Positive ... Spondylolisthesis #MSK ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia 
Clinical 
 • Caused by Pneumocystis jirovecii (formerly carinil) 
 • Immunocompromised host
• Seen in HIV positive ... CD4 < 200 • Symptoms ... often elevated Treatment ... PJP #Pneumonia #Diagnosis
Spurling's Test for Cervical Nerve Root Compression

With the neck in slight extension, ipsilateral flexion and rotation,
The test is positive ... reproduction of symptoms ... #physicalexam #msk
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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paresthetica • Symptoms ... 3-6 months of symptom ... sensory • Before diagnosis ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK ... #differential #diagnosis
Differentiating Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) From Vestibular Neuritis-Labyrinthitis
BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO
 • Age: More common
• Frequency of symptoms ... Hallpike test: Positive ... in head-hanging position ... impulse test: Positive ... Labyrinthitis #diagnosis
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Hemolytic Anemia 1) DIAGNOSE ... autoantibodies: positive ... → schizocytes, Positive ... Hemolytic #Anemia #diagnosis ... #management #treatment