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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Cardiovascular Causes ... Myocarditis - CAD ... dissection - SCAD ... #ChestPain #Differential
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
can originate from ... GI, infectious, hematologic ... diagnoses can be ... extra-abdominal causes ... #Localization #Causes
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... Heart failure - CAD ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... Deconditioning - Pain ... #dyspnea #sob #differential
Causes of Diffuse and Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Reactive (Inflammatory / Infectious)
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Causes of Diffuse ... Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... Lymphadenopathy #LAD ... #Differential # ... #Hematology #Oncology
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... • Can present ... • Differentiate ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
- Differential ... Hematologic Malignancy ... saturation to differentiate ... to alcohol use can ... Hyperferritinemia #Differential
Erythema Nodosum - Causes and Differential Diagnosis 
Appearance:  erythematous painful lumps usually 1-6 cm in
Erythema Nodosum - Causes ... and Differential ... Erythema #Nodosum #Causes ... #Differential Diagnosis ... #Dermatology #SkinRash
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Splenomegaly - CTD ... EGPA - MPA • CTD ... Vasculopathy #Purpura #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hematology
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
Tachypnea - Differential ... effusion/Tamponade Hematologic ... Causes of Tachypnea ... Anxiety, fright, pain ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
) - Differential ... /squamous cell CA ... Cranial nerve IX can ... the tragus to differentiate ... Otolaryngology #differential