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Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... between visual and pain ... : - Acute angle-closure ... #differential # ... ophthalmology #Neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
- Differential ... papilledema • Horner syndrome ... arteritis • Acute ... angle closure glaucoma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
skin injury) • Neurologic ... CNS symptoms (headache ... disease) Differential ... Nonsurgical abdominal pain ... signs #symptoms #rheumatology
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes of Headache ... angle closure ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... ; "worst headache ... signs #symptoms #differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
Dangerous Causes of Headache ... or at work) - acute ... dissection: unilateral pain ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... 50 years • New headache ... affects the skin, neurologic ... vasculitis • Behcet ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... (foreign body, aspiration
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
onset of swelling, pain ... Crowned Dens Syndrome ... neck pain, fever ... , and headache, ... Deposition #Disease #Rheumatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Pleural effusions • Acute ... Arthritis: • Joint pain ... PNS and CNS • Headache