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Causes of Dizziness - Vertigo - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
True Vertigo - Illusion of Rotary Movement
Peripheral Vestibular
Causes of Dizziness ... - Vertigo - Differential ... vomiting, auditory symptoms ... Media • Temporal Bone ... Imbalance, neurologic symptoms
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup Clinical ... hypertension) - Symptoms ... Nivolumab, GM-CSF ... Diagnosis #Workup #Differential ... #Causes
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... Chemotherapy • Bone ... Cystic Fibrosis, CHF ... #ShortStature #Differential ... endocrinology #causes
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Intestine - Other causes ... Most common symptoms ... symptoms - Pain ... ALP #Elevation #Differential
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... Platelet Disorders - Differential ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... candidate) - Bone ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential
Bone Lesion on X-Ray - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Exostotic
 • Osteochondroma
Asymptomatic &/or Non-Active Bone Scam
 •
Bone Lesion on X-Ray ... - Differential ... Constitutional Symptoms ... BoneLesion #XRay #MSK #Differential ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Phosphatase Of Clinical ... Most cases diagnosed ... Neuropathy ALP is critical ... mineralization Symptoms ... Phosphatase: • Other causes
Generalized Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework
"l feel weak":
 • Infectious: Influenza, EBV, PNA, Bacteremia, Sepsis
 •
Generalized Weakness - Differential ... CV/Resp/Heme: CHF ... Rhabdomyolysis, Critical ... Generalized #Weakness #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Paget’s Disease: Complications
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause excessive bone turnover -> Incr bone resorption, Incr (abnormal) bone formation

MSK
Abnormal Osteoclasts cause ... Heart Failure (CHF ... Skull expansion causes ... causes middle ear ... diagnosis #signs #symptoms
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Bacterial Meningitis - Differential ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... • Common clinical ... influenzae Symptoms ... indicator to differentiate