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Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... Algorithm Low ... #MCV #Classification ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Blood ... #Classification ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
Classification ... the talus can shift ... These injuries are caused ... #Diagnosis #Orthopedics ... #Fracture #Classification
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... Algorithm Unprovoked ... Traumatic brain injury ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #neurology
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Algorithm Transudate ... • Postcardiac injury ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #causes
THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
FLAGS - In all cases ... Non-accidental Injury ... splenomegaly, abnormal neurology ... #Limping #NWB #Algorithm ... Peds #Pediatrics #Diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
- Differential Diagnosis ... below the site of injury ... compression by fractured ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... #algorithm
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... extracellular shift ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... High #Potassium #Classification ... #Causes
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
) Acute kidney injury ... microangiopathic hemolytic anemia ... endothelial cell injury ... • Refractory cases ... #nephrology #diagnosis