DDx
Differential diagnosis of dyspepsia Functional dyspepsia (up to 60 percent) Dyspepsia caused by structural or biochemical disease Peptic ulcer disease Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Biliary pain Chronic abdominal wall pain Gastric or esophageal cancer...
DDx
Differential diagnosis of foodborne disease by item consumed Item Commonly associated microbes Raw seafood Norwalk-like virus, Vibrio spp, hepatitis A Raw eggs Salmonella spp Undercooked meat or poultry Salmonella spp, Campylobacter spp, STEC, Clostridium perfringens...
DDx
Gastrointestinal Appendicitis Bowel obstruction Constipation Diverticulitis Fecal impaction Gastroenteritis Hirschsprung disease Incarcerated hernia Intussusception Irritable bowel syndrome Meckel’s diverticulitis Neoplasm Perforated viscous Regional ileitis...
DDx
PALM – COEIN “There are 9 main categories, which are arranged according to the acronym PALM-COEIN. In general, the components of the PALM group are discrete (structural) entities that can be measured visually with imaging techniques and/or histopathology,...
DDx
Atrial Fibrillation is a Supraventricular Tachycardia. Differential diagnosis of Atrial Fibrillation is the following. Atrial Flutter Atrial Tachycardia Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT) Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT) e.g. Wolff-Parkinson-White...
CARDIOLOGY, DDx
Most common: Chest wall pain; GERD; Pleuritic chest pain; Psychosomatic; CAD, PE. Do not miss: ACS, PE, PTX, and other cardiovascular causes. Cardiovascular Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) – STEMI and NSTE-ACS (UA, NSTEMI) Stable Angina (from CAD) Aortic valve...
