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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential ... Cerebral venous thrombosis ... malformation, Aneurysm ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... changes • Urinary symptoms ... portal vein thrombosis ... Abdominal aortic aneurysms ... #Causes #Differential
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
patients.8,9 Empiric treatment ... until symptoms ... , treatments should ... #Cough #Differential ... #Table
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Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... The table summarizes ... lobar pneumonia caused ... respond to the treatment ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... cerebral venous thrombosis ... , mass effect (aneurysm ... central venous thrombosis ... #clues #differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... PCKD, known berry aneurysm ... shoulder girdle symptoms ... cerebral venous sinus thrombosis ... Dangerous #Deadly #Differential
Acute Pancreatitis vs Chronic Pancreatitis
Causes
Signs & Symptoms
Lipase
Imaging
Diagnosis
Treatment
Complications

SCVMC Internal Medicine @SCVMCMed

#Acute #Chronic #Pancreatitis #comparison #diagnosis #table
Pancreatitis vs Chronic ... Pancreatitis Causes ... Signs & Symptoms ... Imaging Diagnosis Treatment ... comparison #diagnosis #table
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
syndrome, dural sinus thrombosis ... coronary artery aneurysms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Recurrent and chronic
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
changes and may cause ... Malnutrition due to chronic ... overload) Other Symptoms ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... with the same symptoms ... Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis ... SAH or cerebral aneurysm ... #differential #