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Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Disorders: • Infection ... tuberculosis, fungal infections ... /vomiting • Abdominal ... Serum DHEAS Diagnosis ... endocrinology #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Urinary Tract ... Abscess: • Head ... • Thoracic • Abdominal
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
- Differential Diagnosis ... Causes of Primary ... (caries, abscess ... the following symptoms ... • Associated symptoms
Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... - Differential Diagnosis ... symptoms/signs, ... nystagmus - Infection ... Cerebellar / Brainstem Abscess
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
- Differential Diagnosis ... procedures - Infection ... (GI symptoms/endemic ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... unclear, or if a primary
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Causes of Acute ... Inflammatory disease • Infection ... POST-RENAL Urinary ... Urethral stricture/valves ... /phimosis #Diagnosis
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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of primary HIV ... elevation • Nausea ... 14%), in which case ... Viral hepatitis Diagnosis ... Syndrome #HIV #diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... Infections 2. ... and duration of symptoms ... angioedema Other symptoms ... , abdominal pain
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... encephalitis, and primary ... cells per μL • Diagnosis ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... Demyelinating disease caused
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... abscess, "Starch ... Eosinophilic granuloma • Infections ... • Neoplastic: Primary