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Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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Double Vision - Differential ... Clinical Pearls ... • Trauma • Subdural ... #DoubleVision #Differential ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... encephalitis, SAH, subdural ... #headache #signs ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
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workup 1) Clinical ... 1.5%) : tumors, hematoma ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... (parkinsonian signs ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... and middle-aged Subdural ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential ... #emergency #diagnosis
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... Differential Bilat ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #clinical #ultrasound
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... required +/- prompt ophthalmology ... GCA #Temporal #Signs
Crystalline Keratopathy on Slit Lamp Examination

Slit lamp examination demonstrated scattered refractile particles within the anterior stroma.
Differential diagnosis ... and iatrogenic causes ... #Keratopathy #clinical ... #physicalexam #ophthalmology ... #SlitLamp