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Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Peripheral Vascular Disease ... e.g. fractured long ... compressing the blood ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
in Sickle Cell Disease ... Generally affects long ... - BWH Medicine ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... Differential Bilat ... disease, interstitial ... Lung POCUS shows ... NOT definitively diagnose
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Causes #Differential
Small Vessel Vasculitides
 • Granulomatosis with polyangiitis - Granulomatous manifestations (e.g., nasal crusting, destructive sinusitis, pulmonary
- Interstitial lung ... disease • Eosinophilic ... eosinophilia. and cardiac ... Vasculitides #vasculitis #differential ... #diagnosis
Reticulocyte Production Index = (Retic %) x (Hct / 45) / Maturation Factor
The maturation factor is
approximately how long ... the peripheral blood ... Chronic kidney disease ... hematology #anemia #differential ... #diagnosis #calculation
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... elimination of CO2 & pH ... contribute to the upper zone ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... CA, small cell lung ... hemolysis) • ALP: Bone ... intestines, white blood
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
/Other RGM • Cardiac ... ) - Bone Marrow ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Lung Disease: ... NTM #Infections #differential
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
• Aortic valve disease ... • Cardiac surgery ... Pulse deficit/differential ... ~60 • Control blood ... Aortic #Dissection #diagnosis