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Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome ... Stress, Nausea, ... Pulmonary Diseases ... , CNS Disease, Meds ... Algorithm #diagnosis #nephrology
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Peripheral edema, Disease-specific ... vasculitis, Behcet disease ... Goodpasture's Disease ... dysmorphic RBCs) • Disease-specific ... diagnosis #nephrology
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
Connective tissue disease-associated ... interstitial lung diseases ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... connective tissue disease ... #Comparison #Table
Mucous Membrane Disorder - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erosions/Ulcers/Blisters
 - Primary Dermatologic Diseases
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Primary Dermatologic Diseases ... trauma/emotional stress ... necrolysis - Systemic Disease ... Inflammatory bowel disease ... more than Crohn's disease
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
Hypercalcemia - Differential ... Skeletal metastatic disease ... disorders, Paget's disease ... Granulomatous diseases ... Algorithm #Workup #nephrology
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung Diseases ... Connective Tissue Disease ... connective tissue disease ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Interstitial #Lung #Diseases
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... (HPS) HPS-differential ... Pulmonary vasculature ... Diseases of the ... Patients with liver disease
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... #neurology #inflammatory ... #differential #
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
usually cause distress ... laughter and crying; Diseases ... ), Alzheimer's Disease ... Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease ... #differential #
Causes of Pharyngitis - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Bacterial: Group A Strep, Group B and C Strep,
Pharyngitis - Differential ... Bacterial: Group A Strep ... Group B and C Strep ... Inflammatory Bowel Disease ... PFAPA, Kawasaki disease