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Workup for Hyperphosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rule out spurious hyperphosphatemia: paraproteinemia, hyperlipidemia, hemolysis, hyperbilirubinemia, liposomal amphotericin
Differential Diagnosis Framework ... Rhabdomyolysis, Tumor ... lysis syndrome, ... acidosis, DKA Kidney Disease ... Workup #phosphate #nephrology
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
stenosis, tracheal tumor ... LAD, Vascular ring ... plug, Carcinoid syndrome ... , Parasitic Disease ... #pulmonary #wheeze
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
ulceration • Ocular ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Leukemia, Lymphoma Ocular ... interferon alfa, or tumor ... #diagnosis #management
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Differential Diagnosis Framework ... Transfusion reaction - Tumor ... lysis syndrome ... • Addison’s disease ... potassium #high #nephrology
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Differential Diagnosis Framework ... disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary ... • Acute stroke syndromes ... system: Brain tumor ... Differential #Diagnosis #neurology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Differential Diagnosis Framework ... Transfusion reaction - Tumor ... lysis syndrome ... • Addison’s disease ... potassium #high #nephrology
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
an autoimmune disease ... for thymoma, a tumor ... Symptomatic treatment Of ocular ... Gravis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
neurodegenerative disease ... • Or brainstem syndromes ... Forms of MS: • Tumor-like ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment