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Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... Treatment: • ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Causes of Unprovoked Pediatric Seizures -  Epilepsy Syndromes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infantile:
 • Benign
Causes of Unprovoked ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Dravet Syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
and Causes • ... Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome ... , Cardiac failure ... Recent flu-like syndrome ... Troponin Increases, Cardiac
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Cardiac ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes
Hyperthermia Syndromes Comparison
Serotonin Syndrome - NMS - Malignant Hyperthermia - Malignant Catatonia
Cause - Onset - Vitals
Hyperthermia Syndromes ... Comparison Serotonin Syndrome ... Malignant Catatonia Cause ... Mental Status - Treatment ... #Comparison #diagnosis
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Causes ... response, Serotonin syndrome ... Miosis: Horner's syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Primary Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Volume Depleted - 2° hyperaldosteronism
 • Low Urine Cl-: Vomiting,
- Differential Diagnosis ... , Gitelman Syndrome ... , Liddle syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Nephrology #Causes
Causes of Acute Pharyngitis
• 200 visits per year per 1000 people
   - i.e. 400
Causes of Acute ... visits/year for a PCP ... - 11 million diagnoses ... #differential #diagnosis ... #microbiology
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Prader-Willi ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... endocrinology #causes
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
be divided into cardiac ... frequently benign causes ... carotid sinus syndrome ... Further diagnostics ... The treatment strategy