POPE Differentials Flashcards

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“I’m coughing and my side hurts” x 2 days

A
  • Pneumonia
  • Acute exacerbation of COPD
  • Small cell lung cancer
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“I got this itchy rash yesterday”

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  • Varicella (pneumonia is the adult complication; why the cough is significant)
  • Acute eczema
  • Scabies
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“I’m throwing up and having diarrhea since last night”

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  • Viral gastroenteritis
  • Food poisoning
  • Bacterial peritonitis
  • Appendicitis
  • Hepatitis
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“I can’t stop shaking” x 2 days

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  • Purulent bacterial meningitis
  • Asceptic (viral) meningitis
  • Encephalitis
  • Influenza
  • Acute HIV infection
  • Rocky Mtn Spotted Fever
  • Toxoplasmosis
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“My brother made me come in but I can hear just fine”

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  • Presbycusis
  • Cerumen impaction/foreign body
  • Otosclerosis
  • Depression, dementia
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“My throat is killing me” x 3 days

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  • Strep/scarlet fever
  • Mononucleosis
  • Meningitis
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“I feel like I’m going to throw up when I turn my head” x 4 days

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  • BPPV
  • Labyrinthitis
  • Menieres
  • Schwannoma
  • Cerebellar issue
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“I’m all plugged up and I can’t hear” x 2 weeks

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  • ET disorder
  • Otitis media w effusion
  • Sinusitis
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“This rash is making me crazy” x 2 weeks

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  • Scabies
  • Atopic derm
  • Allergic contact dermatitis
  • Tinea (incognito corporus)
  • Candidiasis
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“I can’t get rid of these hives” x 48 hours

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  • Physical urticaria
  • Nonspecific urticaria
  • Viral, bacterial, parasitic urticaria
  • Drug reaction
  • IgE mediated allergic reaction
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Contact allergy
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“My wife made me come to get checked for these rough and scaly spots” x years

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  • Actinic keratosis
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Seborrheic dermatitis
  • Psoriasis
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“I’m getting more yellowish bumps on my knees” x 2 weeks

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  • Eruptive xanthomas, xanthelasma
  • Interstitial granuloma annulare
  • Sebaceous hyperplasia
  • Verrucas planus
  • Milia
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“My legs hurt, my gums are bleeding, and I keep getting nosebleed” x several days

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  • ALL
  • AML
  • Aplastic anemia
  • Iron deficiency
  • Idiopathic thrombocytic purpura
  • Von Willebrands
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“My legs and back are killing me!” x 8 hours

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  • Sickle cell crisis
  • Acute infection
  • Multiple myeloma
  • Spondilitis
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“My tongue is burning and my feet won’t stop tingling” x 6 weeks

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  • B12 deficiency
  • Diabetes
  • CN 7-8 neuropathy/tumor
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“I’ve got this weird swelling in my neck” x 1.5 months

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  • Hodgkins lymphoma
  • Non-hodgkins lymphoma
  • Goiter
  • Branchial cleft cyst
  • Sebaceous cyst