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Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... RBC Mass / Decreased ... Symptoms • Sleep
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chest Auscultation ... Bronchitis - No URTI Symptoms ... #Causes #Peds #
Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm
Presyncope:
 • Feels "faint" or like they are going to "pass out"
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Dizziness and Vertigo Algorithm ... are going to "pass ... Associated with nausea ... #dizzy #differential ... diagnosis #neurology #management
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... electrolytes, urea ... osmolarity If cause ... investigations abnormal ... clinical context and signs
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... suspicious clinical symptoms ... /signs should be ... aminotransferase; BMI, body mass ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... Hypertension with normal ... #headache #signs ... #symptoms #clues ... #differential #
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean areas ... in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes ... Abdominal #Pain #differential
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Cord Disorders - Differential ... and signs below ... injury • Gait is abnormal ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... #algorithm
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... are not caused ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... ), liver (pain/abnormal ... #Signs #Symptoms
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... Most Common Causes ... Nasal polyps and signs ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential