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Diagnostic frameworks

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All Frameworks

Abdominal Distension

Abdominal Pain Overview

Abdominal Pain – Image Negative

Abdominal Pain – Image Negative – Action Steps

Abdominal Pain Thought Train

Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

Acute Pancreatitis

AKI – overview

AKI and cancer

Aldosterone – Inappropriate

Altered mental status 1.0

Altered Mental Status 2.0

Altered Mental Status – MIST Negative

Anemia Thought Train

Angioedema

Antibiotic Failure

Aortitis

Aortitis: Paths to the Problem

Ascites

Ataxia

Bilateral Lower Extremity Weakness

Bone lesions

Bony Back Pain – Overview

Brain Abscess

Bronchiectasis

Bowel Obstruction

Bowel Perforation

Bowel Wall Thickening

Cancer and Hypercalcemia

Cervical Lymphadenopathy

Chest pain

CHF – Hyperacute Heart Failure

Chronic Cough

Chronic Diarrhea Overview

Chronic Diarrhea: 4 quarters approach

Chronic Kidney Disease

Chylothorax

Cirrhosis

Cirrhosis and Dyspnea

Coagulopathy – Elevated INR and PTT

Community Acquired Pneumonia

Community Acquired Pneumonia – Ddx

Congestive Heart Failure – HFrEF

Constipation

CSF Lymphocytic Pleocytosis

Dark Urine

Diabetes – Causes

Diabetes Insipidus

Diarrhea Thought Train

Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage – DAH

Diffuse Lymphadenopathy Overview

Diffuse Lymphadenopathy: A Guide 

Diplopia

Diverticulitis Complications

Dizziness 

Doxycycline Deficiency State

Dysphagia

Dyspnea

Dyspnea and Cancer

Dyspnea Pyramid

Eosinophilia

Extra-Hepatic Biliary Obstruction

Falls

Fever Overview

Fever and Back Pain

Fever and rash

Fever in a returning traveler

Fever – Path to Inflammation

Flank Pain

Foot Drop

Gastric Mass

Glomerulonephritis

Gram Positive Organisms

Granuloma

Granulomatous Infection – by exposure

HCV – Extrahepatic Manifestations

HCV – Skin Manifestations

Headache (Secondary)

Headache (Thunderclap)

Heart Failure and Weight Loss

Hemolysis: Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA)

Hemolysis: Chronic Hemolysis Complications

Hemolysis: Hemolytic Anemia

Hemolysis: Microangiopathic Hemolytic Anemia (MAHA)

Hemoptysis: The Arc

Hemoptysis: Overview

Hemoptysis: Massive

HIV overview

HIV & Chronic Diarrhea

HIV & Infection

HIV: Non-infectious complications

Hoarseness

Hyperammonemia

Hypercalcemia

Hyperkalemia

Hypernatremia

Hypertension Overview

Hypertension – Secondary

Hypoalbuminemia

Hypocalcemia

Hypoglycemia

Hypokalemia – Overview

Hypokalemia – Practical Approach

Hyponatremia

Hypophosphatemia- Overview

Hypophosphatemia – Severe

Hypothermia

Hypothyroidism

Hypoxemia Thought Train

IgM Disorders

Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia

Infection in the inpatient 1.0

Infection in the Inpatient – Secondary Evaluation

Infectious Aortitis: Clues

Inflammation overview

Inflammation Thought Train

Inflammatory Abdominal Pain

Inguinal Lymphadenopathy

Intrarenal AKI

Iron deficiency anemia

Jaundice – Overview

Jaundice – Intrahepatic Cholestasis

Jaundice Thought Train

Kidney Stone Overview

Lactic Acidosis

Lactate Dehydrogenase – LDH

Liver Mass

Low Back Pain – Overview

Lung Cancer

Lung cavity

Lung Nodules

Lymphedema

Mediastinal Mass

Macrocytic Anemia

Metabolic Acidosis Overview

Metabolic Acidosis: AGMA

Metabolic Acidosis: NAGMA

Metabolic Alkalosis

Monoarticular Arthritis

Nausea and Vomiting Thought Train

Neck Mass

Neurologic Complications of Systemic Cancer

Nonstress Fracture

Optic Disc Swelling

Orthopnea

Pancreatic Mass

Pancreatic Mass: Simple Approach

Pancytopenia

Parkinson’s Dz – The Time Course

Parkinsonism

Peptic Ulcer Disease

Peripheral Edema

Peripheral Neuropathy

Peritonitis

Petechial Rash

Pharyngitis

Photophobia

Pituitary Adenoma

Pleural effusion

Pleuritic Chest Pain

Pleural Nodularity

Pneumonia Complications

Pneumothorax

Polycythemia

Polyuria

Portal Vein Thrombosis

Postprandial Abdominal Pain

Post-renal AKI

Primary Respiratory Alkalosis

Pulmonary disease with eosinophilia

Pulmonary Function Tests – PFTs

Pulmonary Hypertension

Pulmonary Renal Syndromes

Raynaud’s Syndrome

Rickettsia

Severe Acute Liver Injury

Splenomegaly

Specific Back Pain Overview 

Subacute Dyspnea on Exertion

Sudden Symptoms

Supraventricular tachycardia – SVT

Syncope

Thorax and Inflammation

Thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytosis

Thrombosis- Overview

Thrombosis – Bland

Thrombosis on Anticoagulation

Thrombosis – Ultrahypercoagulable

Thyroid Function Test in the Evaluation of Hyperthyroidism

Thyrotoxicosis

Tick borne infection

Transverse Myelitis

Troponin

Upper GI Bleed

Urinalysis interpretation

Urinary Retention

Urinary Tract Infection

Vaginal Bleeding

Vasculitis

Vasculitis Mimics

Vasculopathy – Systemic

Vasculopathy – Skin

Vasculopathy – CNS

Visceral Air

Visual Field Defects

Weakness Thought Train

Weight loss

Wide complex tachycardia