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Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... uncovered incidentally during ... asthma, allergy, drug ... organ-specific signs ... #Differential #diagnosis
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
vertigo and 67% had ... but often occur during ... varying neurologic signs ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Panic Disorder: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Social Factors
 • Parenting and infant attachment
 • Childhood illness/abuse
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/losing control/ ... carrying anti-anxiety medication ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) - Pathophysiology 
Excessive fear of one or more social situations
 • Safety
Anxiety Disorder (SAD ... thoughts -->> • Drug ... Pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #symptoms #signs ... #psychiatry
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
and Signs: 50% ... and signs: • ... leukocytosis, psychiatric ... or arrhythmia) during ... or with certain drugs
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential Diagnosis ... Reversible, only during ... - Autonomic symptoms ... meningeal irritation signs ... #differential #diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
PALPITATIONS: Medications ... • Serotonergic drugs ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia Psychiatric ... AVNRT Red Flag Symptoms ... history of premature SCD
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... extremities Drug ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms ... • Antihistone: Drug ... activation and/or medications
Serotonin Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Serotonin Syndrome: Variable combination of mental status changes, autonomic instability, and
to hours) after medication ... weight loss agents, drugs ... Pathophysiology #Psychiatry ... #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
presyncope, exertional symptoms ... positive Romberg sign ... Contributing Factors • Medications ... slippery surfaces • Psychiatric ... Recurrent #Falls #Diagnosis