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Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... (most common: lung ... , breast, prostate ... , breast, melanoma ... #primarycare #table
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... in adults - Breast ... - Thyroid - Lung ... Causes #Oncology #Radiology
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
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 #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Delivery • Stable ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... Serial TTE and close ... #cardiology #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung ... CARP, DECREASE V trials ... medical and surgical management