Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Common Biliary Diseases seen in the Emergency Room - Comparison Table:

Clinical Features, Labs, Imaging and Treatment

#Diagnosis
Common Biliary Diseases ... Emergency Room - Comparison ... Table: Clinical ... Labs, Imaging and Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Proximal Muscle Weakness That May Mimic Inflammatory Myopathy
 β€’ Central or peripheral neurologic disease
Causes of Proximal ... disease β€’ Myasthenia ... Sarcoidosis β€’ Infections ... Myopathy #mimics #diagnosis ... #neurology
Hordeolum vs Chalazion

Hordeolum (Stye):
 β€’ Location: Most commonly found at or near an eyelash follicle
 β€’
eyelash follicle β€’ Cause ... : Bacterial infection ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Stye #Chalazion #Comparison ... #Table
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 β€’ Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
 β€’
Demyelinating Diseases ... - Differential Diagnosis ... nodosa, SLE β€’ Infectious ... Demyelinating #Diseases ... #causes #neurology
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 β€’ Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 β€’ Infection:
Disorders (Reversible Causes ... Intracranial tumor β€’ Infection ... , Whipple's disease ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #neurology
CNS Ring-Enhancing Lesions - Immunocompromised vs Immunocompetent
Multiple Ring-Enhancing Lesions:
 β€’ Toxoplasmosis (CD4 < 100)
 β€’ Other
Chorioretinitis β€’ Diagnosis ... multiple lesions Infectious ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #radiology ... #neurology
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 β€’ Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
- Differential Diagnosis ... β€’ Neurologic: ... deficiency, Thyroid disease ... β€’ Infectious: ... #Causes
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)β†’Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) β†’ Excessive activation of macrophages
β€’ Autoimmune diseases ... Adult-onset Still disease ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... Treatment: β€’ ... #management #treatment
Non-HCV infectious mixed cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis, causes and management - French Vasculitis Study Group

< 5%
cryoglobulinemia vasculitis - Diagnosis ... , causes and management ... neuropathy Treatment ... with refractory disease ... Cryoglobulinemic #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 β€’ Dehydration
 β€’ Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 β€’ Liver failure
- Post-infectious ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Urinary tract infection ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology