Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 โ€ข Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
Causes - Differential ... Causes: โ€ข Cerebrovascular ... Causes: โ€ข Meniere ... #Peripheral #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... macule and papule (Table ... require emergent evaluation ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... #Central #Peripheral
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Forehead Sparing = Central ... Forehead involved = Peripheral ... #Causes #neurology
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
more likely to be peripheral ... or central in etiology ... the etiology is peripheral ... or central TiTrATE ... The approach uses
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Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 โ€ข Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
FOR TESTING: โ€ข Peripheral ... during medical evaluation ... for secondary causes ... eosinophilia (common causes ... Differential #diagnosis #hematology
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... evaluation of macrocytic ... by ordering a peripheral ... the most likely cause ... recovery also causes
THE LIMPING OR NON-WEIGHT BEARING CHILD PATHWAY

RED FLAGS - In all cases there are specific
markers which
FLAGS - In all cases ... local guidelines General ... neurology, back pain Haematology ... cell disease Rheumatology ... #Limping #NWB #Algorithm
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 โ€ข Person who lives or has
dengue severity classification ... Leukopenia โ€ข Cases ... bleeding: based on evaluation ... metrorrhagia, central ... fever #severity #classification
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 โ€ข Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
10% of all lupus cases ... Discontinuation of causal ... Positive in 60-80% of cases ... sle #comparison #table ... #rheumatology #
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isnโ€™t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... an underlying cause ... Better call hematology ... about secondary causes ... #workup #hematology