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Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 • Central or peripheral neurologic disease
• Central or peripheral ... neurologic disease ... Endocrinopathies - Acromegaly ... mimics #diagnosis #differential ... #causes #neurology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... ~5th decade → peripheral ... hamartoma) or peripheral ... Differential Diagnosis ... glucose suppression test
Algorithm showing a stepwise approach to the assessment and investigation of a possible neuropathy. CIDP, chronic
neuropathy with liability ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #Neuropathy #Peripheral ... Algorithm #Evaluation #Differential
Diagnosis and Management of Hyponatremia

#Hyponatremia #Algorithm #Differential #Diagnosis #Management #Nephrology

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Diagnosis and Management ... Hyponatremia #Algorithm #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Nephrology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Diagnosis and Management of Hypernatremia

#Hypernatremia #Differential #Algorithm #Causes #Nephrology #Diagnosis

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Diagnosis and Management ... Hypernatremia #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Nephrology ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... : Nephrology Secrets
Diagnostic Algorithm for Dizziness and Vertigo
Peripheral Vertigo:
 • Attacks: Sudden, severe, can last anywhere from seconds
Dizziness and Vertigo Peripheral ... Varies • No neurologic ... Positive Hallpike test ... or supine roll test ... Vertigo #Algorithm #differential
Hypernatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Diabetes Insipidus Workup

Step #1 - Consider the history
Step #2 - Assess
Hypernatremia Differential ... & desmopressin test ... Hypernatremia #Management ... Algorithm #Sodium #nephrology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... plateletcount), peripheral ... K), H. pylori test ... thyroid function test ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Hematuria, Hemoptysis, Peripheral ... symptomatology Differential ... , biopsy By Tess ... Renal #Syndrome #differential ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... rise or increased lability ... heart failure, neurologic ... Cushing's syndrome, Acromegaly ... Neurologic disorders