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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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- Differential ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... Intra-articulation fracture ... #diagnosis #msk ... #physicalexam
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... investigations depending on clinical ... • Cardio-renal syndrome ... #AKI #Workup #Algorithm ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Lower Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Reflexes: 
 • Knee - L2, L3, L4
 • Ankle - S1
Reflexes: • Knee ... • Cauda Equina Syndrome ... such as fibular fracture ... Myotomes #diagnosis #neurology ... sensory #motor #leg #physicalexam
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... based on repeat clinic ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease (MS ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Parkinsons plus syndromes have features of parkinsonism but they differ from parkinsons disease in having some
Parkinsons plus syndromes ... #Diagnosis #Neurology ... Parkinsons #Plus #Syndromes ... PSP #LewyBody #MSA ... #Algorithm
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
BEE Syndromes - ... MRI lesions and clinical ... consistent with MS ... #neurology #noninflammatory ... #differential #
Ptosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Ptosis (Greek- to fall) Drooping of the upper eyelid that usually results
Ptosis - Differential ... think about three clinical ... orbital rooftop fracture ... #Ptosis #neurology ... #Differential #
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
- Spinal Cord Syndromes ... result in permanent neurologic ... Vertebral burst fracture ... #lesions #differential ... #diagnosis #neurology
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Features: • Triad ... Rhabdomyolysis #Differential ... causes #treatment #nephrology