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Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Multiple symptoms; long ... - One or more symptoms ... #Differential #
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Generally affects long ... • Differentiate ... - BWH Medicine ... #diagnosis #causes ... #hematology
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
mutations - BMPR2 (bone ... Interstitial lung ... multifactorial mechanisms Hematologic ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Diagnosis 1) Start ... adding ~0.05 to pH ... compensation which can be done ... Differential Diagnosis ... depression, Obstructive Lung
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
granulomatous disorders ... elimination of CO2 & pH ... contribute to the upper zone ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
/Other RGM • Cardiac ... Hematologic malignancy ... ) - Bone Marrow ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... NTM #Infections #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Clinical Features: Lungs ... 5% of patients Cardiac ... Cytopenias • Cardiac ... and leukemia • Lung
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
a gas exchange disorder ... absence of intrinsic lung ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... on radioactive lung
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 ... #hepatology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Better call hematology ... , this list is long ... #Polycythemia #Differential ... #workup #hematology