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Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reflex Syncope:
• Vasovagal: Prolonged standing, Stress, Pain
• Situational: Coughing, Sneezing, Micturition, Defecation,
Syncope - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Reflex Syncope: ... Prolonged standing, Stress ... #Differential #
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis by Classification ... Reflex Syncope ... • Emotional stress ... #Differential #
Pediatric Primitive Reflexes - Maneuver and Ages

Palmar Grasp Reflex
 - Place your fingers into the baby's
baby's hands and press ... Rooting Reflex ... Timeline #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... #PhysicalExam
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
causes such as reflex ... (ruling out differential ... diagnoses), ruling ... Further diagnostics ... should be guided by clinical
Syncope in 3 Steps
1. Consider the 3 "S" Mimics: Seizure, low Sugar, Stroke (TIA)
2. Heart vs
Syncope in 3 Steps ... little sympa > meds ... amyloidosis and other #Syncope ... #differential # ... diagnosis #mimics
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
Symptoms: - Syncope ... baseline EKG in new syncope ... noises or emotional stress ... long QTc) - Refer ... LongQT #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Systemic Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Gastrointestinal - Chronic ... Gastroesophageal Reflux ... #Causes #Peds #
Christmas Tree Rash of Pityriasis rosea
 - small oval scaling patches
 - Christmas tree pattern
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lines of skin stress ... palms/soles - Differential ... diagnosis: secondary ... Pityriasis #rosea #clinical ... dermatology #photo #PhysicalExam
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... — respiratory distress ... Other causes #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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or eclampsia Chronic ... patients with chronic ... ↑ in anti HTN meds ... so have high clinical ... obstetrics #cardiology #differential