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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... : Ascites, Pregnancy ... hernia, Obesity CNS ... Diagnosis
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
Systemic Causes - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Gastrointestinal - Chronic ... Metabolic: • Pregnancy ... Intracranial Pressure (CNS
Algorithm showing a stepwise approach to the assessment and investigation of a possible neuropathy. CIDP, chronic
CIDP, chronic inflammatory ... pressure palsies; NCS ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Algorithm #Evaluation #Differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Common causes of Acute Kidney Injury AKI - Differential Diagnosis
HEMODYNAMIC
 • Cardiac failure: Impaired forward flow,
Kidney Injury AKI - Differential ... Diagnosis HEMODYNAMIC ... • Secondary GNs ... #KidneyInjury #Differential ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... on chronic) of ... Differential Diagnosis ... Metabolic Acidosis, Pregnancy
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute ... • Chronic alcoholism ... Hyperemesis of pregnancy ... Korsakoff syndrome (chronic ... #Management #neurology
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic algorithm
Decreased renal potassium excretion
 • Acute renal failure
 • Chronic renal failure
 • Drugs
Increased
Hyperkalemia: Diagnostic ... excretion • Acute ... renal failure • Chronic ... #algorithm #nephrology ... #potassium #differential
Workup for Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hypophosphatemia: paraproteinemia, acute leukemia
Measure Urine Fractional Excretion
Hypophosphatemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... paraproteinemia, acute ... Malabsorption, Chronic ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
VITAMINS Mnemonic for Acute / Subacute Peripheral Polyneuropathy

Vascular
Inflammatory: Amyloidosis, vasculitis (often more subacute/chronic)
Toxins: Nitrous oxide, chemo,
VITAMINS Mnemonic for Acute ... more subacute/chronic ... Polyneuropathy #Subacute #Acute ... #Neurology #Diagnosis ... #Differential