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Bleeding and Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Vascular System Defect - Congenital vs Acquired
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Bleeding and Bruising ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #pathophysiology
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
pressure, SAH, tentorial ... nerve palsy - Tentorial ... and coordination deficits ... Extraocular movement deficits ... symptoms #clues #differential
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Neurological deficits ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Bleeding / Bruising - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombocytopenia - Quantitative Defect
 • Decreased Production
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Causes of Bleeding ... / Bruising - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Quantitative Defect ... - Qualitative Defect
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... adrenaline • Cluster Headache ... #Differential #
Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
Hyperammonemia - Differential ... Unmasked Urea Cycle Defects ... - TPN, GI bleeding ... Hyperammonemia #ammonia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... : • Defect in fetal ... abdominal pain, headache ... infiltration) Differential ... diagnosis #management #pathophysiology
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Macroadenoma direct effects ... : Headache (60%) ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... Differential Diagnosis ... Endocrinology #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
Hospitalization - Pathophysiology ... invasive procedures/ bleeding ... bedrest’s negative effects ... other than GI bleeding ... #differential #