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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... disease • Slipped ... Pain: • Infection ... Aortic/Iliac artery aneurysms ... Immobilization) • Acute
Mechanical Complications in Acute Myocardial Infarction
Acute LV/RV Dysfunction:
 • Regional wall motion, systolic and diastolic function,
Myocardial Infarction ... • Stasis and thrombus ... anterior infarct in apical ... associated with thrombus ... #differential #
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... • Splenic vein thrombus ... • Splenic infarction ... aortic aneurysms
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection ... , Intra-abdominal ... (eg myasthenia ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
white matter, spinal ... +/- myocardial infarction ... coronary artery aneurysms ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... • Nonsurgical abdominal
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
of sinus or ear infection ... collagen vascular diseases ... SAH or cerebral aneurysm ... polycystic kidney disease ... signs #symptoms #differential
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
weeks incubation Acute ... cardiomyopathy (→HF) with apical ... (→ventricular aneurysm ... ), mural thrombi ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
arthralgia, arm/leg ... gut involvement, abdominal ... purpura (lower legs ... , recent viral infection ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Valvular heart disease ... • Myocardial infarction ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... pregnancy • May have typical
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... Mechanism Of Infection ... sardonic" smile, abdominal ... and paralysis, acute ... primary pulmonary disease