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Since these risk factors are numerous and have different effects on the malignancy risk, it is
effects on the malignancy ... probability of malignancy ... [8](Table). ... #Diagnosis #EBM ... #Probability #Malginancy
Evaluation of Lymphadenopathy - Localized vs Generalized #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Honc #Lymphadenopathy #Localized #Generalized #Infectious #Malignancy
vs Generalized #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Honc # ... Generalized #Infectious #Malignancy ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Size
A solitary pulmonary nodule (SPN) is defined as a single intraparenchymal lesion less than 3 cm
cm are usually malignant ... listed in the table ... nodule detection rate ... #EBM #Radiology ... MalignancyRate #Rate
Comparison - Serotonin Syndrome, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Malignant Catatonia

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#Serotonin #Syndrome #Neuroleptic
Syndrome, and Malignant ... #Malignant #Catatonia ... SS #comparison #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #table
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
and Differential Diagnosis ... Painless: suggests malignancy ... neck, prostatic) #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Urology ... Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
ratbitefever #plague #rats ... differential #diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #table
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
distinction has HUGE treatment ... : TTP has high rates ... and first-line treatment ... thrombocytopenia #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Table #Hematology
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Differential Diagnosis ... insulin antibodies #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Hypoglycemia ... Algorithm #Drugs #Malignancy ... #Hypoglycemic #Ddxof
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... training, Seizures, Malignant ... Iinitial rate: 1 ... per day until stable ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
unformed) PNA diagnosed ... hypoxemia) or rales ... 3) Meningitis Diagnose ... #Peds #EM #Classification ... SeriousBacterialIllness #Ddxof