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RUQ Pain - Differential Diagnosis - VINDICATE Mnemonic
V - Vascular
I - Inflammatory
N - Neoplasm
D - Degenerative
- Differential Diagnosis ... - VINDICATE Mnemonic ... A - Autoimmune Allergic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes
RLQ Pain - Differential Diagnosis - VINDICATE Mnemonic
V - Vascular
I - Inflammatory
N - Neoplasm
D - Degenerative
- Differential Diagnosis ... - VINDICATE Mnemonic ... A - Autoimmune Allergic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes
LUQ Pain - Differential Diagnosis - VINDICATE Mnemonic
V - Vascular
I - Inflammatory
N - Neoplasm
D - Degenerative
- Differential Diagnosis ... - VINDICATE Mnemonic ... A - Autoimmune Allergic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes
LLQ Pain - Differential Diagnosis - VINDICATE Mnemonic
V - Vascular
I - Inflammatory
N - Neoplasm
D - Degenerative
- Differential Diagnosis ... - VINDICATE Mnemonic ... A - Autoimmune Allergic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes
Epigastric Pain - Differential Diagnosis - VINDICATE Mnemonic
V - Vascular
I - Inflammatory
N - Neoplasm
D - Degenerative
- Differential Diagnosis ... - VINDICATE Mnemonic ... A - Autoimmune Allergic ... Endocrine #VINDICATE ... #Causes
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves • Caused ... Atrioventricular dissociation ... every beat, it indicates ... AV dissociation ... Cannon #AWaves #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... of Pulmonary Eosinophilia ... coccidioidomycosis), Allergic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
for secondary causes ... eosinophilia (common causes ... are asthma, allergy ... treatment may be indicated ... #Differential #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Churg-Strauss syndrome, Allergic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #pulmonary
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
a.k.a. extrinsic allergic ... ILD caused by inhalation ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... Diseases #ILD #diagnosis ... #causes