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Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
Whipple Disease ... disease suspected ... progressive CNS disease ... unknown origin, chronic ... #Disease #diagnosis
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Hydrocephalus • Chronic ... Meningitis • Chronic ... • Parkinson's Disease ... • Huntington's Disease ... Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Reversible Causes of "Dementia ... Neurosyphilis, Lime disease ... , Whipple's disease ... Hypercalcemia, Cushing's disease ... Neurocognitive #Disorders #dementia
The Dementia Umbrella

Dementia is an umbrella term that describes a collection of symptoms that are caused
The Dementia Umbrella ... Dementia is ... not one specific disease ... is Alzheimer's disease ... Types #Subtypes #Classification
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
HIV, syphilis, Whipple ... atrophy Lewy body dementia ... Frontotemporal dementia ... atrophy Vascular Dementia ... Differential #Subtypes #Classification
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... • Celiac Disease ... with TTG) • Chronic ... Inflammation • Whipple's ... • Lymphoma #Chronic
The 9 Ds of Weight loss in the Elderly
 - Dementia
 - Depression
 - Disease (acute
the Elderly - Dementia ... Depression - Disease ... (acute and chronic
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Classification of ... - Kawasaki disease ... and infectious diseases ... syndrome induced by chronic ... dermatomyositis #Size #Classification
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
• Anemia of Chronic ... • Anemia of Chronic ... , Chronic Inflammation ... , Chronic Infection ... #Anemia #MCV #Classification
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... and/or hypoxia Chronic ... Chronic thromboembolic ... mediastinitis, chronic ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification