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Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... regurgitation - Pain ... depending on the cause ... Fungal (rare) Inflammatory ... Spondyloarthritis, IBD
Causes of Acute Pelvic Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
• Genitourinary (Infection, Stone)
• Gastrointestinal (Appendicitis, Gastroenteritis, Diverticulitis,
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Diverticulitis, IBD ... * * • Pelvic inflammatory ... #Causes #OBGyn
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... MatthewHoMD #Chest #Pain ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute or Chronic Inflammatory ... : • IBD • Rheumatic ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Chronic Pelvic Pain (> 6 months in duration) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Co-morbidities:
 • Somatization
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chronic pelvic inflammatory ... bowel syndrome • Inflammatory ... #Causes #OBGyn
Main causes of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.

#differential #algorithm #diagnosis #causes #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal #lung #diseases #pulmonary
Main causes of diffuse ... #differential #algorithm ... #diagnosis #causes ... #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... Mesenteric ischemia • Inflammatory ... colitis, UC/Chrons (IBD ... differential #diagnosis #Causes ... #algorithm
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... and Diagnosis Algorithm ... unilateral flank pain ... Nephrology if cause ... #Workup #urology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... Family history of IBD ... genitourinary causes ... Diverticulitis • IBD ... Celiac disease • Inflammatory
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Inflammatory Joint ... Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Orthopedics #Causes