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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... and Management Differential ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... Edema: Lasix + BP ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Workup
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Obstruction - Differential ... Tract • BPH ... • Prostate ... #UrinaryTract #Differential
Hypercalcemia Evaluation
1) Clinical clues
 - Is the patient symptomatic?
 - Family history?
 - Have you done
, TSH, VitA - BWH ... Hypercalcemia #workup ... #differential # ... elevated #evaluation #workup
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Hemorrhagic (IPH ... Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic ... Stroke #causes #differential
Normal Anion-Gap Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Workup

NAGMA
- Chem, ABG or VBG
- Calculate Anion
Acidosis (NAGMA) - Differential ... Framework and Workup ... UA with urine pH ... Metabolic #NAGMA #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Workup
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Endocarditis, Acute Prosthetic ... Degeneration, Prosthetic ... Karan Desai MD, MPH ... Regurgitation #Differential
Hypokalemia Differential Algorithm
Acidosis
 - RTA
 - Diarrhea
pH Normal 
 1. Decreased Mg 
 2. Intracellular Shift
Hypokalemia Differential ... - Diarrhea pH ... #Hypokalemia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Workup
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... Diverticulum Urethra/Prostate ... catheterization • BPH ... • Prostate cancer ... #Hematuria #Differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
patient had a prosthetic ... Worry about late prosthetic ... rheumatology #approach #workup ... #differential #
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Evaluation and Differential ... adding ~0.05 to pH ... Differential Diagnosis ... Disorders #Evaluation #workup ... #Differential #