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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... #differential # ... physicalexam
Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Pain - Differential ... • Vascular - abdominal ... cholecystitis; • Neurologic ... #Diagnosis #causes
Romberg's Test for Proprioception
History: First described in the 19th century in patients with tabes dorsalis (later
Romberg's Test for ... Observe when patient closes ... #Test #neurology ... #diagnosis #proprioception ... #physicalexam
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Diagnosis Baseline ... osmolarity If cause ... renal biopsy • Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes
Spinal Cord Injury by Nerve Root Levels
Spinal Root	Sensory	Motor	Reflex
C4	Acromioclavicular Joint	Respiration	None
C5	Radial Antecubital Fossa	Elbow Flexion	Biceps Reflex
C6	Dorsal Thumb	Wrist Extension	Brachioradialis Reflex
C7	Dorsal
See Dermatomes Abdominal ... Muscles Abdominal ... Femoral Condyle Knee ... NerveRoots #Levels #differential ... #diagnosis #Neurology
Abdominal Pain - Physical Examination Signs and Maneuvers
 - Murphy's sign
 - Kehr's sign
 - McBurney's
Abdominal Pain - ... sign - Pulsatile Masses ... Grey-Turner's sign #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... PhysicalExam #AbdominalPain
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis and Screening ... ; abdominal CT, ... CT or MRI scan of ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #nephrology ... #causes #algorithm
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... patient is in the knee-to-chest ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Endocarditis, Acute MI ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Stroke #causes ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology