Differentials list for presentations Flashcards
1
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Breathlessness
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Hypoxaemia (oedema, pneumonia PE), hypercapnia (COPD exac. astham), acidaemia (ketosis), Poor oxygen delivery without hypoxia (Anaemia, heart failure), Miscellaneous (Anaphylaxis, anxiety, pain)
2
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Chest pain
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Cardiac, pulmonary, GI, MSK, neoplastic, dermatological, iatrogenic, psychiatric
Systems based
3
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Oedema
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unilateral or bilateral: chronic or acute
4
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Palpitations
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Cardiac and non-cardiac: structural or non-structural
5
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Syncope
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Metabolic, Cardiac or Neural
6
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Vitamins ABCDE
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Vascular Infectious or inflammatory Truamatic Autoimmune or allery Metabolic or mechanical Iatrogenic and idiopathic Neoplastic Social Alcohol Behavioural Congential Denerative Endocrine
