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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Polyneuropathy, Acute ... stroke, Acute spinal ... syndrome, Eclampsia, Late ... #differential # ... diagnosis #table #neurology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... clinical context and signs ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis serology ... , HIV serology, ... #causes
Etiologies of Peripheral Neuropathy
 • Metabolic / Nutritional: DiabetesB12 deficiency, Uremia/ESRD, Hypothyroidism
 • Medication-induced: ART, Antibiotics,
Fabry's disease, Acute ... Willis via UNC IM ... Peripheral #Neuropathy #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #neurology
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
conditions that cause ... Pathophysiology: ... It's typically a late ... sign in acute pancreatitis ... #peritonitis #IM
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... of acute respiratory ... decreased respiratory rate ... Embolism: • Acute ... #differential #
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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dysfunction occurring later ... lymphoma OTHERS - Acute ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Neurology
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... or at work) - acute ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... signs/symptoms ... preeclampsia: late
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... - Causes progressive ... features developing later ... conditions listed in differential ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... meningeal irritation signs ... headache: - Acute ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology ... #Neurology
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Bacterial Meningitis - Differential ... Symptoms: • Acute ... meningeal signs ... culture or by serology ... #diagnosis #neurology