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Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
Hydrocephalus • Chronic ... Meningitis • Chronic ... • Parkinson's Disease ... • Huntington's Disease ... #Neurology #Differential
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 ... Neurocognitive #Disorders #dementia ... diagnosis #causes #neurology
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... with TTG) • Chronic ... Inflammation • Whipple's
Korsakoff Syndrome
Clinical Findings:
 • Confabulation: Usually initial phase of the disease
 • Anterograde amnesia: Memory impairment
Korsakoff Syndrome ... initial phase of the disease ... Chronic presentation ... Encephalopathy Treatment ... #neurology #diagnosis
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease ... polychondritis • Behcet disease ... #neurology #inflammatory
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Differential Diagnosis Chronic ... liver disease ( ... cirrhosis or chronic ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Injury to Root Chronic ... Rheumatic Fever, Whipple ... Valve Dysfunction Chronic ... Arteritis, Behcet Syndrome ... Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
- Wilson disease ... heart failure (chronic ... Venoocclusive disease ... (Budd-Chiari syndrome ... #Differential #Hepatology
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
, celiac disease ... - Acquired • Chronic ... Shwachman-Diamond syndrome ... • Short bowel syndrome ... Giardiasis • Whipple
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
and Bloating - Treatment ... Intolerance • Celiac Disease ... Gastroparesis • Chronic ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... • Chronic Idiopathic