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Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Turner Syndrome ... Celiac, IBD) • ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... endocrinology #causes
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
physical activity - Nausea ... 2.6) - Cardiac risk ... - History - EKG ... findings - Age - Risk ... #cardiology #Angina
Causes of Secondary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Absence of menses for more than 3 cycles or
Causes of Secondary ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... failure (<35 years old ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #OBGyn
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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) Approach • MILD ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... clinical scenario, ECG ... and rate of rise ... Hyperkalemia #management #algorithm
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... indicates unknown cause ... vascular diseases (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... thrombus formation causes ... changes and a rise ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Text: The Only EKG
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... Pneumonia: • Risk ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... factor • May cause ... differential #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid, Wild ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... #differential #cardiology ... #algorithm
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... syndrome, ARVC) ... heart disease Causes ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... tachyarrhythmias High-risk
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
epidemiological risk ... but important causes ... epidemiologic risk ... antiphospholipid syndrome ... differential #workup #infectiousdiseases