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Non-cirrhotic Hyperammonemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hematologic & Vascular:
 • Multiple myeloma & Acute leukemia (plasma cells
Hyperammonemia - Differential ... Infections: • Urease-producing ... retention Unmasked Urea ... - TPN, GI bleeding ... Hyperammonemia #ammonia #Differential
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
bacterium • Urease ... Breath Testing ... (IgG) - cannot differentiate ... Breath Test or ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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Transaminitis - Differential ... Infiltration- often breast ... HELLP • Trauma: Shock ... Transaminases #hepatitis #Differential
ED Treatment of 
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding 

Hemodynamically unstable 
Resuscitation 
 • ABCs! 
 • Fluids +
ED Treatment of ... Abnormal Uterine Bleeding ... thromboembolic disease, breast ... endometrial path0100' or breast ... Abnormal #Uterine #Bleeding
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... wet (dependent areas ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... , post-partum) bleeding ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... wet (dependent areas ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... , post-partum) bleeding ... #criticalcare #differential
Stool / Poop Color - What it may mean
 • Brown: In general, healthy stool is
doesn't have time to break ... • Yellow, greasy ... • Black: Bleeding ... If from bleeding ... #Poop #Color #Differential
Occult Causes of Non-Response to Vasopressors

vital disclaimer: the cognitive response to hypotension should not be reaching
hypotension is treatment ... hypoCa2+ - occult bleeding ... - 2nd cause shock ... #Vasopressors #Differential
Proptosis - Differential Diagnosis - Unilateral vs Bilateral
Unilateral:
 • Infections (can become bilateral with cavernous sinus
Proptosis - Differential ... - Metastatic (breast ... #Proptosis #Differential ... Bilateral #Causes #ophthalmology
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... • Tumor (Lung, Breast ... Pupils #Defects #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Ophthalmology