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Common Causes of the Different Categories of Dizziness #Diagnosis #PrimaryCare #EM #IM #Differential #Dizziness #Vertigo #Disequilibrium
of Dizziness #Diagnosis ... #PrimaryCare #EM ... #IM #Differential
Differential Diagnosis for Altered Mental Status #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Delirium #AlteredMentalStatus #AMS #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis ... Mental Status #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Delirium ... AlteredMentalStatus #AMS ... #Differential #
Causes of Altered Mental Status #Diagnosis #EM #IM #AMS #AlteredMentalStatus #Differential #Algorithm #Ddxof
Mental Status #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #AMS #AlteredMentalStatus ... #Differential #
Fever and Rash - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Viral: Measles, Infectious Mono (EBV, CMV), Acute HIV,
Diagnosis Framework ... Infectious Mono (EBV ... Coxsackie (hand, foot ... gonorrhea, Rickettsial diseases ... #Diagnosis #dermatology
Vesiculobullous Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 
Vesiculobullous rashes provoke significant angst
in many physicians (Figure 5, page
illness, such as ... disseminated gonococcal disease ... fasciitis and hand-foot-and-mouth ... disease present ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... Diagnosis of Macroscopic ... intrinsic renal disease ... neck, prostatic) #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Urology
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
Splenomegaly - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bacterial • Viral (EBV ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Differential Diagnosis ... , liver, renal disease ... drug history #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #Nephro ... Pseudohyponatremia #Differential
Neck Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Inflammatory:
 • Viral (reactive): EBV, HIV
 • Bacterial: Staph/Strep, Tularemia, Brucella
Neck Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Viral (reactive): EBV ... Actinomyces, Cat-scratch diwase ... Lipoma, Cyst BCM IM
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
Differential diagnosis ... formerly known as ... Catastrophic APLS BCM IM ... #schistocytes #differential ... #diagnosis #hematology