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Renal tubular acidosis (RTA): refers to a group of conditions all of which cause the same
Renal tubular acidosis ... conditions all of which cause ... different types/causes ... RTA #Diagnosis #IM
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Categorized by causes ... Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK ... Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal ... Pleuritic #ChestPain #Causes
Differential Diagnosis of Syncope
First, is it syncope? History is very important for distinguishing syncope from other
syncope from other causes ... Ask about precipitating ... Common causes of ... Diagnosis #EM #Neuro #IM ... #Sycope #Causes
Winged Scapula on Physical Exam

Caused by injury to the long thoracic nerve

#Winged #Scapula #PhysicalExam #clinical #video
Physical Exam Caused ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #neurology #msk
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Retroperitoneal - renal ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #msk
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
RBC’s, RBC/WBC casts ... suggest intrinsic renal ... Diagnosis #EM #IM
Patellar Fracture Injury - Patellar Rupture caught in real-time during an MMA match.

#Patellar #Fracture #Injury #clinical
Rupture caught in real-time ... Injury #clinical #video ... #orthopedics #msk
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
AKI) What to ask ... protein/Cr - Renal ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... - 45% - Pre-renal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
symptoms (HA, nausea ... cardiac, liver, renal ... Diagnosis #EM #IM
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Alkaline Phosphatase Renal ... Secondary to Chronic Renal ... Rheumatoid Disease • Renal ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes