Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Arachnids Bites and Stings
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of ArachnidsBites and Stings • Urticaria • Tularemia • Tick-borne relapsing fever • Tick paralysis • Rocky Mountain spotted fever • Other tick-borne illnesses • Ehrlichiosis • Community-acquired cutaneous meth
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Septic Arthritis • Viral arthritides • Trauma • Spondyloarthropathies such as Reiter’s syndrome • Septic bursitis • Rheumatic fever • Pseudogout • Osteomyelitis • Hemarthrosis • Gout • Adult or juvenile rhe
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Asbestosis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Asbestosis • Silicosis • Siderosis, other pneumoconioses • Lung cancer • Atelectasis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Aspergillosis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Aspergillosis • Tuberculosis • Sarcoidosis • Lung abscess • Eosinophilic pneumonia • Cystic fibrosis • Carcinoma of the lung • Bronchiectasis
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Asthenia
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Asthenia • Sleep disorders • Sedentary lifestyle • Renal failure • Paraneoplastic syndrome • Medications (e.g., narcotics, sedatives) • Infections • Hypothyroidism • Diabetes • Depression • Dehydration/elect
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Asthma
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Asthma • Wegener’s granulomatosis • TB • Rhinitis with postnasal drip • Pulmonary embolism (in adult and elderly patients) • Pneumonia and other upper respiratory infections • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis • F
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Childhood Asthma
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Childhood Asthma • Vocal cord dysfunction • Vascular rings • Tumor, lymphoma • Tuberculosis, histoplasmosis • Sinusitis • Sarcoidosis • Repaired tracheoesophageal fistula • Pulmonary thromboembolism • Psych
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Ataxia
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Ataxia • Wilson’s disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) • Vitamin B12 deficiency • Vertebral-basilar artery ischemia • Toxins: phenytoin, alcohol, sedatives, organophosphates • Tabes dorsalis • Paraneoplast
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Acute or Recurrent Ataxia
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Acute or Recurrent Ataxia • Vascular events (e.g., cerebellar hemorrhage or stroke) • Seizure (ictal or postictal) • Postinfectious (cerebellitis [e.g., varicella], acute disseminated encephalomyelitis) • Mu
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Chronic or Progressive Ataxia
Symptoms and Signs - Differential Diagnosis of Chronic or Progressive Ataxia • Wilson’s disease • Tumor or paraneoplastic syndrome • Low vitamin E levels (e.g., cystic fibrosis) • Inherited ataxias (e.g., ataxia-telangiectasia, Friedreich’s ataxia) • In
