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Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... 4 tests for the ... after cross-arm test ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #MSK
Approach to Low Back Pain - Differential Algorithm
- Non-MSK
- Axial / Musculoskeletal
- Radicular
- Systemic Disease (Do
Approach to Low Back ... - Differential Algorithm ... - Non-MSK - Axial ... #Differential #Algorithm
Cushing Syndrome Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Suspected Cushing syndrome (central obesity, muscle weakness, refractory hypertension)
Testing:
Syndrome Testing Algorithm ... dexamethasone suppression test ... Urine Free by LC-MS ... /MS) • Adrenocorticotropic ... Syndrome #diagnosis #algorithm
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertension Management Algorithm ... • ACE-I (non-black ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Hypertension #Management #Algorithm
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
nociceptors -> Pain with rest ... physically pushes fluid back ... motion (relieved by rest ... inflammatory fluid back ... Comparison #Versus #MSK
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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absent: lower back ... Straight Leg Raise Test ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK
Blood Disorders - Markers and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Acute
 • Myloid (AML) - CD13, CD33, CD34,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... HLA-DR, MPO, Sudan Black ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Ocular Myasthenia Gravis on Physical Exam

A 41yo female was referred by her neurologist for double vision.
sign and the ice pack ... test were negative ... include a Tensilon test ... tumor, and always ask
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Look back in the ... We may ask why are ... Best to have an ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
- Bedside: ice pack ... test/Edrophonium ... test - Cogan ... immunologic assay - MuSK