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Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Causes of Dementia ... - Treatable Causes ... Hydrocephalus • Chronic ... Meningitis • Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Disorders (Reversible Causes ... of "Dementia") ... Lime disease, Whipple's ... Neurocognitive #Disorders #dementia ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... Polycythemia Vera • Chronic ... : • Acute or Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
HIV, syphilis, Whipple ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... - 2nd cause after
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
the Elderly - Dementia ... Disease (acute and chronic ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Causes
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Causes of Anemia ... • Anemia of Chronic ... • Anemia of Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Causes of mitral stenosis
Rheumatic heart disease
 - Most common cause worldwide. Commissural fusion, thick MV leaflets
Causes of mitral ... - Most common cause ... Age-related changes, chronic ... parachute MV (caused ... endomyocardial fibrosis, Whipple's
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Secondary Thrombocytosis (a.k.a Reactive Thrombocytosis):
 • Acute infection
 • Solid organ
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... hemorrhage) • Chronic ... Myelofibrosis (MF) • Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #hematology #secondary
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplasm:
• NHL
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Leukemia
• Solid
Causes of Fever ... Lyme disease • Whipple's ... UnknownOrigin #FUO #Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis
Platelet Count > 450
Reactive:
 • Anemia/blood loss (Fe deficiency)
 • Infection/Sepsis
 • Non-infectious
Myelofibrosis • Chronic ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes ... #Platelets #hematology