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Invasive fungal infections: Morphology, Risk Factors, Disease Characteristics, Diagnostic Tools, First-Line Treatment
Aspergillus, Mucorales, P. Jiroveci, Cryptococcus,
Risk Factors, Disease ... Characteristics, Diagnostic ... Tools, First-Line Treatment ... Fungal #Infections #InfectousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pseudobulbar Affect
Characteristics (These episodes usually cause distress and impairment in occupational or social functioning):
 - Extreme
episodes usually cause ... Extreme emotional lability ... Sclerosis (ALS) (*main cause ... ), Alzheimer's Disease ... #differential #diagnosis
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonitis • Treatment ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... by the inability ... Then, ask 3 questions ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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EKG Findings Causes ... toxicity • Paget's disease ... Granulomatous disease ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Fibrillation - Diagnosis ... - Repiratory disease ... myxoma - Thyroid disease ... Fibrillation #AFib #Diagnosis ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Vertebral Body Abnormalities

A sheet of common (and uncommon) vertebral body findings, because a completely “normal” spine
Hemivertebra Scheuermann Disease ... Abnormalities #Radiology ... #MSK #Pathology ... Anomalies #Spine #Diagnosis ... #Vertebrae #diseases
MAGIC DR – a handy mnemonic used to remember the potential causes of a cerebral ring
the potential causes ... Demyelinating disease ... eg. tumefactive MS ... Radiation necrosis #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Mnemonic
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease ... - MSK Radiology ... tuberosity Differential diagnosis ... mri #clinical #Radiology ... #diagnosis #msk
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... underlying lung disease ... as disseminated disease ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases