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Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential ... Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... albumin, ESR, endoscopy ... Mucosal Tumor ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Important Causes of Diplopia 
TIER 1-CRITICAL
Basilar artery thrombosis, Botulism, Basilar meningitis, Aneurysmn
TIER 2-EMERGENT:
Vertebral dissection, Myasthenia gravis,
Diplopia TIER 1-CRITICAL ... URGENT: Brainstem tumor ... myopathy (Graves disease ... mass #Diplopia #differential ... #diagnosis #ophthalmology
Coats Disease vs Coats-like Disease - Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

Dr. Sebastian Vega @oftalmopo

#Coats Disease #Retina #Ocular #PhysicalExam
- Fundoscopy Ocular ... Retina #Ocular #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #ophthalmology ... #Fundoscopy
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... (Clinical Dx). ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... #diagnosis #management
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
Holmes-Adie Syndrome ... Young females Differential ... trauma/orbital tumor ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Demyelinating Disease ... Myelitis, Trauma, Tumor ... Guillain-Barre syndrome ... heavy metals), Critical ... Weakness #Causes #differential
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
may cause severe clinical ... due to chronic disease ... • Diarrhea • Tremors ... • Tumor-induced ... #Nutrition #Differential
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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Knee Effusions - Differential ... Seronegative Reactive Syndrome ... - Giant cell tumor ... Effusions #causes #differential ... diagnosis #msk #physicalexam
Facial Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Facial Edema

Infectious:
	• Dental abscess
	• Ludwig's angina
	• Vincent's angina
	• Cellulitis
	•
Facial Swelling - Differential ... • Pott's puffy tumor ... Adult-onset Still's disease ... : • Morbihan disease ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Purtscher Retinopathy on Fundoscopy Ocular Examination

33 year-old who presents 2 weeks after car accident.  Fundus
with Purtscher syndrome ... spots #Ocular #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #video ... #ophthalmology ... #Fundoscopy