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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... Flags: • Fever ... #causes
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
bruising/erythema/sign ... mastitis • Usually caused ... Patient may have fever ... diseases #benign #differential ... diagnosis #surgery #causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... dyspnea • (Less common ... • CT: Halo sign ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
or Haverhill fever ... or trunk most commonly ... • Most commonly ... lung, esophageal, breast ... comparison #table #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
run-down or tired • Fevers ... tightness Most Common ... Causes: • Cystic ... Nasal polyps and signs ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Eczematous Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Eczematous - Pruritic/Scaly/Erythematous lesions. Usually poorly demarcated
 • Atopic Dermatitis
Eczematous Skin Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... lichenification (chronic ... scalp/face/central chest ... #causes
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Uncommon Causes ... Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... - Low-grade fever ... insufficiency, fever ... #differential #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
infection • Most common ... cause: Aspiration ... pneumonia • Chronic ... : • 80% have fever ... Intervention: - Fevers
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
syndrome:  Most common ... cause of acute ... Differential diagnosis ... virus: Headache, fever ...  CIDP: Chronic
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... Mediterranean Fever ... Mediterranean areas ... Positive Carnett's sign ... Abdominal #Pain #differential