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Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis: • Non-Infectious ... take 48 hrs for infections ... Mimics / Secondary Process ... Antibiotic #Failure #Differential
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
spread of a disease process ... inhalational injury Differential ... Opacities: • Infectious ... Nocardia, zoonotic infections ... Chest #Radiology #differential
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... Primary GNs: Disease process ... Post-infectious ... • Toxins • Infection ... #KidneyInjury #Differential
Infectious Causes of Adrenal Insufficiency
Anatomical distribution of vessels to the adrenal makes the gland prone to
Infectious Causes ... inflammation are the process ... primary adrenal infection ... TheIDtrivia #Infectious ... Insufficiency #AI #differential
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Pain (Otalgia) - Differential ... • Inflammatory process ... the tragus to differentiate ... disease processes ... Otolaryngology #differential
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1)  Diagnostic studies only for dysentery, severe disease, >7 days
2)
Acute Diarrhea - Differential ... recommended Infectious ... Acute abdominal processes ... Acute #Diarrhea #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Infectious
Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
Hyperammonemia - Differential ... Malformation) Infections ... Urease-producing bacteria: Proteus ... loading) - Infections ... Hyperammonemia #ammonia #Differential
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
4.
Thickening: • Systemic Processes ... Local inflammatory processes ... pancreatitis Other: Infectious ... Thickening #Causes #differential
Petechiae/Purpura - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Represent the passage of erythrocytes from the intravascular to extravascular
integrity (trauma, infection ... underlying inflammatory process ... Palpable #Algorithm #Differential
Fluid-filled Rash - Diagnostic Algorithm.  Pustule: 1) Pustules more commonly suggest an infectious process (bacterial,
commonly suggest an infectious ... process (bacterial ... Bullous #Algorithm #Differential