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Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Anorexia • Disorders ... Catabolic State: • Infection ... Inflammation • Cancer ... respiratory • CKD
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Decreased ... Constipation • Prostate cancer ... analgesics) • Infections ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... Clindamycin in case of PCN ... hemorrhage • Treatment ... foreign body, cancer
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Antimicrobial treatment ... Suspect in movement disorders ... tuberculomas, or abscesses ... Demyelinating disease
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Lymphoma • Lung cancer ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease 

24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... Spot PC (protein ... present) - These infections ... of glomerular disease ... testing #workup #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Lymphoma • Lung cancer ... emboli • Lung abscess ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... staining, NAA (PCR ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis
Recommended initial testing for patients being evaluated for glomerular disease
1) 24-hour urine collection - Quantify proteinuria.
for glomerular disease ... Spot PC (protein ... present) - These infections ... #workup #diagnosis ... initial #testing #nephrology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... trypanosomiasis) is an infectious ... family Route of infections ... Cardiomyopathy: Conduction disorders ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
Spinal Cord Disorders ... Infections: - ... Sarcoidosis, Behcet disease ... #diagnosis #neurology ... differential #algorithm