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Causes of Solid or Cystic Renal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Solid Renal Mass:
 • Benign <3
Causes of Solid ... • Benign <3 cm ... Suspicious >3 cm ... on ultrasound/CT ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Neck Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Inflammatory:
 • Viral (reactive): EBV, HIV
 • Bacterial: Staph/Strep, Tularemia, Brucella
Viral (reactive): EBV ... • Metastatic: SCC ... Lipoma, Cyst BCM ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Common Causes of the Different Categories of Dizziness #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #EM #IM #Differential #Dizziness #Vertigo #Disequilibrium
Common Causes of ... #PrimaryCare #EM ... Lightheadedness #Table #NEJM
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Care TRICC - NEJM ... - ICU FOCUS - NEJM ... UGIB TRISS - NEJM ... unnecessary and cause ... /vmoitra) #EBM
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
extent of the nausea ... Clinical #Derm #EM ... #Pneumatosis #CT ... #NEJM
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
• Cervical: EBV ... Lymphoma, Head / Neck scc ... Infection: Acute HIV, EBV ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
ANA (Antinuclear Antibody) and ANCA (Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies)
 • Systemic lupus erythematosus
   1. Anti-dsDNA
Anti-dsDNA (in 70% of cases ... Anti-Sm (Smith) ... scleroderma) - Anti-Scl ... seen in 30—70% of cases ... + 90% • Anti-GBM
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
viral syndromes: EBV ... Malignancy: Lymphoma, SCC ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Petechiae are small, red lesions caused when capillaries leak blood into the skin. Petechiae larger than
small, red lesions caused ... larger than 0.5 cm ... purpura #Clinical #EM
Indications for therapeutic intervention of pancreatic pseudocysts.
Complicated pancreatic pseudocysts (one criterion sufficient)
 • Compression of large
symptoms or seen on CT ... • Satiety • Nausea ... Pseudocysts >5 cm ... weeks • Diameter cm