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Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... , breast, prostate ... , breast, melanoma ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #table
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Trauma • Tumor (Lung ... , Breast, Thyroid ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Diagnosis Algorithm ... the following areas ... impairment in important areas ... The pattern is stable ... and of long duration
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Large volume feeding ... • Diminished breath ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Look back in the ... : neuro, heme (bleeding ... , this list is long
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
nodules on the back ... cancers, including lung ... , esophageal, breast ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential #
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... Infiltration: Often breast ... CA, small cell lung ... RBC (hemolysis, bleeding
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

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

Interestingly,
invasive procedures/ bleeding ... molecules move back ... 1928, a 32-page long ... other than GI bleeding ... pathophysiology #differential