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Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... - Differential ... - Bladder NOT distended ... Lower Tract - Distended ... #UrinaryTract #Differential
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
and Large Bowel Obstruction ... - Differential ... (DISTEND HIM) ... #SBO #Differential ... #Causes #Diagosis
Pemberton's Sign caused by a Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Elevating the arms causes the previously flat neck veins
Pemberton's Sign caused ... Elevating the arms causes ... veins to become distended ... Thyroid #Goiter #PhysicalExam
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Causes of Urinary ... Incontinence - Differential ... Incontinence - Distended ... Bladder Outlet Obstruction ... #Incontinence #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Kidney Injury - Differential ... treating underlying cause ... POSTRENAL: - Obstruction ... : Relief of obstruction ... #Injury #AKI #Differential
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
determine the cause ... • IVC Obstruction ... & upper thorax distend ... abdominal veins also distend ... #Blood #Flow #physicalexam
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
found to have distended ... What is the cause ... site of venous obstruction ... - IVC obstruction ... #Video #Chest #PhysicalExam
Causes of Edema - Differential Diagnosis
Pitting Edema:
  ↑ Hydrostatic - Too Much Fluid
Causes of Edema ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Internal Obstruction ... nonpitting #Edema #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Pelvic Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Gastrointestinal:
 • Appendiceal abscess
 • Diverticular abscess
 • Diverticulosis
Causes of Pelvic ... Mass - Differential ... Genitourinary: • Distended ... #Pelvic #Mass #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
for enumerating differentials ... your grand rounds/cases ... endobronchial obstruction ... Pathogens #Pneumonia #Differential ... #Microbiology #Causes