12 results
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
: Aortoenteric fistula ... Infectious colitis, UC/Chrons ... Lower #GIBleed #differential
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Arteriovenous fistula ... Pulse #Pressure #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #cardiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Pathophysiology and Differential ... Arteriovenous Fistula ... Pathophysiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
Relative Risk of Various Predisoosing Conditions for Infective Endocarditis 
High Risk:
 - Prosthetic valves 
 -
Arteriovenous fistula ... #RiskFactors #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Takayasu Arteritis, Crohn ... Regurgitation #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Anorectal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Proctitis
 • Inflammation
 • Infection (Indudng Sexually Transrnitted)
Other
 • Malignancy
 •
Anorectal Pain - Differential ... • Fissure • Fistula ... /Abscess (Crohn's ... Anorectal #Pain #Differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Arteriovenous fistula ... outcomes in CKD Differential ... Pulse #Pressure #Differential ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Ileal Pouch Disorders - Differential Diagnosis
 • Surgical/Mechanical: Anastomotic leak, Pelvic sepsis, Sinus, Fistula, Strictures, Efferent
Pouch Disorders - Differential ... sepsis, Sinus, Fistula ... Pouchitis, Cuffitis, Crohn's ... Pouch #Disorders #Differential
Causes of Small Bowel Ulceration
The diagnosis of IBD can’t be made or excluded by biopsies alone
• Enteritis: Crohn's ... , Aortoenteric fistula ... Ulceration #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Toxic Megacolon - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's colitis
Toxic Megacolon - Differential ... Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's ... Overdistension during radiology ... Toxic #Megacolon #Differential