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Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... Systemic Diseases ... common: lung, breast ... common: lung, breast ... #primarycare #table
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
Summary table of ... common benign breast ... diseases and how ... #differential # ... diagnosis #surgery
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Personality Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... the following areas ... impairment in important areas ... The pattern is stable
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... macule and papule (Table ... living in endemic areas ... assessed for Lyme disease ... Maculopapular #Rash #Algorithm
Stool / Poop Color - What it may mean
 • Brown: In general, healthy stool is
• Brown: In general ... doesn't have time to break ... • Yellow, greasy ... example, celiac disease ... #Poop #Color #Differential
Bleeding Risk for Various Invasive/Surgical Procedures
Low Risk:
 • Dental extractions (1 or 2 teeth), endodontic (root
Low Risk: • Dental ... surgery (e.g. breast ... • Non-cataract ophthalmologic ... biopsy) • Complex dental ... Perioperative #Procedures #Table
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 ... can drive this disease ... As with many disease
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
early localized disease ... nodules on the back ... lung, esophageal, breast ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential #
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
dormitories) - Lack ... collagen vascular diseases ... polycystic kidney disease ... lesions in other areas ... signs #symptoms #differential
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
primary lesions - differential ... of Dry Skin – General ... wool, over itchy areas ... scratch the itchy areas ... Pruritus #Treatment #Algorithm