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Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Purpura - Differential ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... - APLS • Acute ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... #rheumatology #
Causes of Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Massive Hemoptysis (>I00 mL in 24 hours)
 • Malignancy
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Causes of Hemoptysis ... - Differential ... • Lupus Erythematosus ... Goodpasture's Syndrome ... polyangiitis Vascular
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... • Acute disseminated ... • Systemic lupus ... #inflammatory #differential
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Status (AMS) - Differential ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Autoimmune: • Vasculitis ... • Lupus • Polyarteritis ... #Diagnosis #causes
Aortitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Non-Infectious Aortitis:
 • Vasculitides: Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA), Takayasu's arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome,
Aortitis - Differential ... arteritis, Cogan's Syndrome ... ANCA associated vasculitis ... (RA), Systemic lupus ... #Diagnosis #rheumatology
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... (Ischemia) - Acute ... Hyperemia Spasm • Vasculitis ... Marfan's Syndrome ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... Intra-Renal: • Vascular ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
Platelet Count - Differential ... Rebound effect from treatment ... Inflammatory Conditions: Rheumatologic ... , Vasculitides, ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Common causes of ... AKI - Differential ... inhibitors, hepatorenal syndrome ... ) • Vascular occlusion ... Post-infectious GN, Lupus
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Guillain-Barre, Vasculitis ... , Sjogren's, Lupus ... Fabry's disease, Acute ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... #diagnosis #causes