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NAACP mnemonic for the major causes of Eosinophilia 
N = Neoplasia (CML, Hodgkins lymphoma) 
A =
NAACP mnemonic for ... Hypoadrenalism) C = Churg-Strauss ... P = Parasite infections ... Eosinophilia #NAACP #Differential ... Causes #Diagnosis #Mnemonic
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Cavity Mnemonic ... for Cavitary Pulmonary ... emboli) I: infection ... Diagnosis #CAVITY #Mnemonic ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic ... embolus I = infection ... Diagnosis #CAVITY #Mnemonic ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Incontinence - Differential ... states • Infection ... impaction - Stress ... #Incontinence #Differential ... Causes #DIAPPERS #Mnemonic
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... of Pulmonary Eosinophilia ... Infection: • ... polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss ... #Differential #
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... organism identified, Strep ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... ID_fellows #Pulmonary ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
- STAR CHASERS Mnemonic ... • ↑ Mechanical stress ... Increased mechanical stress ... lung #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... aspiration, Parasitic infection ... Ascaris), Churg-Strauss ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Wheezing #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... wheezing - with viral infections ... respiratory infection ... — respiratory distress ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection ... , biopsy By Tess ... Renal #Syndrome #differential