DDx- Top five Flashcards
(18 cards)
Chest Pain
1) CAD (angina)
2) ACS
3) Aortic Dissection (pain has ripping/tearing quality)
4) Pericarditis
5) GERD (pain is burning)
6) Costochondritis
Dyspnea
1) COPD/asthma
2) Pneumonia
3) Pneumothorax
4) PE
5) CHF
6) Pericardial tamponade (?)
Generalized Abd Pain
Gastroenteritis Colitis (infectious of ischemic) Peritonitis (SBP or surgical) IBD Pancreatitis
RUQ Abd pain
Cholecystitis
Cholangitis
Pneumonia/Empyema
Budd-Chiari syndrome
LUQ Abd Pain
Gastritis
PUD
Splenic infarct
RLQ Abd Pain
Appendicitis IBD Nephrolithiasis Inguinal hernia PID Ectopic
LLQ Abd Pain
Diverticulitis IBD Nephrolithiasis Inguinal hernia PID Ectopic
Periumbilical pain
early appendicitis
ruptured AAA
gastroenteritis
Epigastric pain
GERD PUD ACS/MI Gastritis Pancreatitis
Upper GI bleed
PUD
Variceal bleed
angiodysplasia
gastric cancer
Lower GI bleed
IBD Diverticulitis Angiodysplasia Hemorrhoids Colon cancer
Syncope (categories)
Neurogenic (seizure, TIA, migraine) Cardiogenic Vasovagal Orthostatic Hypoglycemia
Confusion
DIMS Drugs Infectious Metabolic Structural
Monarthritis
Septic arthritis
Gout/Pseudogout
Osteoarthritis
Hemarthrosis
Polyarthritis
Septic Gout/pseudogour OS RA SLE Reactive
Hypotensive Shock
1) loss of volume (hemorrhage, loss into 3rd space….)
2) heart isn’t strong enough to pump volume (MI, cardiomyopathy)
3) heart is obstructed from pumping properly (PE, tension pneumo, tamponade)
4) Vessels can’t keep up pressure (sepsis, anaphylactic…)
5) Drugs (B-blockers, CCBs,
Hypertension
Essential CKD Thyroid Meds- NSAIDs, OCP, roids Drugs- EtOH, Cocaine, Amphetamines OSA
Anemia
Microcytic: iron, anemia of chronic disease
Normocytic: blood loss, hemolysis, anemia of CD
Macrocytic: liver disease, EtOH
