DDx Flashcards
Life threatening SOB DDx acronym
PPPAAA
Life threatening SOB DDx
PE Pneumothorax Pneumonia Asthma/COPD (exacerbation) ACS Acute LVF
Life threatening Chest Pain acronym
AAPPP
Life threatening Chest pain DDx
ACS Aortic dissection PE Pneumothorax Pneumonia
Life threatening Abdo pain acronym
PAIM
Life threatening Abdo pain ddx
Peritonitis
AAA
Ischaemic bowel
Medical causes
Life threatening Medical causes of abdo pain acronym
DPMA
Life threatening Medical causes of abdo pain
DKA
Pneumonia
MI
Addisonian crisis
Life threatening Upper abdo pain ddx
Peptic ulcer
Pancreatitis
Cholecystitis
Hepatitis
Life threatening Lower abdo ddx headings
GI
Urinary
Gynae
Life threatening Lower abdo ddx
GI: appendicitis, IBD, diverticulitis
Urinary: UTI/pyelonephritis, renal calculi
Gynae: ectopic, ovarian torsion, PID
Life threatening Headache ddx acronym
SMSTP
Work out from inside head to other
Life threatening Headache ddx
SAH Meningitis/encephalitis SOL Temporal arteritis Pre-eclampsia
System groups for SOB
Respiratory
Cardiac
Other
System groups chest pain
Cardiac
Respiratory
GI
Other: DIAGNOSIS OF EXCLUSION: MSK, psych
System groups abdo pain
Surgical
Medical
Gynae
Def primary headache
Headache not a result of other medical condition
Ddx grouping of acute headache
Primary
Secondary intra-cranial
Secondary extra-cranial
Definition of secondary headache
Headache due to an underlying cause/ medical condition
Ddx acute primary headache
Tension
Migraine
Cluster
Trigeminal neuralgia
Ddx of acute secondary intracranial headache
SAH Venous sinus embolism Raised ICP (various causes) Intracerebral haemorrhage Meningitis Temporal arteritis
Ddx acute secondary extracranial headache
Acute closed-angle glaucoma Sinusitis Carotid/vertebral artery dissection Hypertensive encephalopathy Pre-eclampsia Drugs (cause, withdrawal)
System groups for ddx collapse/fall
Neuro
Cardiovascular
Other
Neurological ddx of fall
TIA/stroke Generalised seizure Parkinsons Vasovagal Situational syncope
