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Causes of Altered Mental Status #Diagnosis #EM #IM #AMS #AlteredMentalStatus #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Causes of Altered ... Mental Status #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #AMS #AlteredMentalStatus ... #Differential #Algorithm
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD): Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 - For diagnosis, must have either 26
Pathogenesis and clinical ... restless • Acts as ... their turn • Causes ... #diagnosis #symptoms ... #criteria
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
frothy sputum, as ... well as frank blood ... capillaries • Criteria ... a massive PE, as ... well as multiple
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS ... ) Summary ALS: combination ... lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... (1) limb-onset ALS ... fasciculations Common Symptoms
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases ... Clinical Signs ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... should be done in ALL ... intervention CMC IM
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
Signs/Symptoms: ... infection, such as ... Pathophysiology: ... abdominal ultrasound as ... suspicion, such as
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... self-damaging such as ... PersonalityDisorder #Diagnosis ... #Psychiatry #Criteria ... #Signs #Symptoms
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Algorithm Clinical ... • Neurologic symptoms ... suggest a mass as ... the cause ... #Algorithm #Causes
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
the dizziness as ... A diagnostic algorithm ... The approach uses ... Timing of the symptom ... into one of three clinical
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
pancreatitis but can also ... Pathophysiology: ... onset of other symptoms ... #cullensign #em ... #peritonitis #IM