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Pediatric Mood & Anxiety Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bipolar
Mood
• Major Depressive Disorder
• Persistent Depressive Disorder
• Disruptive
Anxiety Disorders - Differential ... Anxiety #Disorders #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Psychiatry
Dizziness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"Tell me what you mean by dizzy without using the word dizzy."
Vertigo:
Dizziness - Differential ... Autonomic dysfunction, Meds ... radiculopathy Other: • Psychiatric ... Dizziness #dizzy #Differential ... #Diagnosis #neurology
TiTrATE schema to approach to Dizziness
 • Time Course: Continuous or Episodic
 • Triggers: Present or
• Nonspecific (psychiatric ... dizzy #algorithm #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Causes of Dizziness / Lightheadedness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Lightheaded, unsteady, disoriented - Non-vertigo
Organic Disease
 • Presyncope/Vasodepressor
Lightheadedness - Differential ... Problem • Drugs Psychiatric ... Lightheadedness #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
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Constipation - Differential ... Volume / Bulk Neurologic ... Pseudo-obstruction Neurologic ... #Constipation #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Daytime Sleepiness - Differential ... Syndrome Medical/Psychiatric ... Disorders • Neurologic ... Fatigue #Sleepiness #Differential
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
Cortical Blindness, Psychiatric ... Confabulation #differential ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Causes of Polyneuropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Metabolic: DM, Hypothyroidism, CKD, Cirrhosis, Nutritional deficiency
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Polyneuropathy - Differential ... • Toxic: EtOH, Meds ... Polyneuropathy #Differential ... Algorithm #causes #neurology
Urine Color - Differential Diagnosis
Red Urine:
 • Medical conditions: bleeding, porphyria, factitious disorder
 • Meds: rifampin,
Urine Color - Differential ... factitious disorder • Meds ... Pseudomonas • Meds ... #Urine #Color #Differential ... discoloration #nephrology
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
• Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential