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Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Encephalopathy - Differential ... Primary Neurologic: Vascular ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... Endocrinopathy, Malignancy, Autoimmune ... Encephalopathy #Differential
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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Transaminitis - Differential ... Wilson Disease • Vascular ... : Budd-chiari syndrome ... Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome ... • Autoimmune
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Injury (AKI) - Differential ... Abdominal Compartment Syndrome ... Intra-Renal: • Vascular ... Medication, Infection, Autoimmune ... Kidney #Injury #Differential
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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Cauda Equina Syndrome ... Cauda Equina Syndrome ... constipation Differential ... lumbar stenosis • Vascular ... #differential #
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... Carcinomatosis Vascular ... Miller-Fisher syndrome ... #Diplopia #Differential
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Reflexes: • Knee ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... compression • Spinal ... - Narrowing of spinal ... stopping walking (vascular
Causes of Peripheral Weakness without Sensory Changes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Objective Weakness
 • Cardio-pulmonary disease
Sensory Changes - Differential ... Neuropathy • Spinal ... Muscular Atrophy ... Lambert-Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome ... Weakness #Neurology #Differential
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Syndromes Spinal ... cord - Autoimmune ... Brown-Séquard Syndrome ... #Cord #syndromes ... #lesions #differential
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Constipation - Differential ... Hirschsprung's Disease • Spinal ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... • Muscular Dystrophy ... #Constipation #Differential
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... spondylitis - “Bamboo Spine ... Fusion of Lumbar Spine ... arthritis - (Reiter’s syndrome ... formation, systemic autoimmune