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Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Inflammation: Wounds/ulcers ... nails - Skin ulcers ... #differential #diagnosis
Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
Stomatitis -> Focal pain ... at site of oral ulcer ... Hepatitis -> RUQ Pain ... Complications #diagnosis
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Acute Abdominal Pain ... - Differential Diagnostic ... ischemia • Peptic ulcer ... Acute #Abdominal #Pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Reactive Arthritis
 • Inflammation of joints (commonly large joints)
    - Asymmetric Oligoarthritis: Joint
Oligoarthritis: Joint pain ... dysuria, pelvic pain ... oral & genital ulcers ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Anorectal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Proctitis
 • Inflammation
 • Infection (Indudng Sexually Transrnitted)
Other
 • Malignancy
 •
Anorectal Pain - ... Differential Diagnosis ... • Solitary Red Ulcer ... #Anorectal #Pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diagnosis of Cryoglobulinemia Vasculitis

1) Presence of cryoglobulin 
Circulating immunoglobulins that precipitate with cold temperature and dissolve
Diagnosis of Cryoglobulinemia ... phenomenon • Ulcers ... necrosis • Pain ... Cryoglobulinemia #Vasculitis #Diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Embolism (chest pain ... • Peptic Ulcer ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
esp legs) -> Leg Ulcers ... -> Sudden eye pain ... Pericarditis) -> Chest Pain ... pleuritic chest pain ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Pressure (Decubitus) Ulcer Staging
Stage I 
Presence ofa reddened area that fails to blanche with pressure, and
Pressure (Decubitus) Ulcer ... boggy), sensation (pain ... The pressure ulcer ... Decubitus #Pressure #Ulcer ... Staging #Nursing #Diagnosis
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Acute Abdominal Pain ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Gastritis • Peptic Ulcer ... #Differential #Diagnosis