Quick DDx

Question 1

Right upper abdominal pain

Answer 1

• Biiary colic
• Cholecystitis
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Pancreatitis
• Hepatitis

Question 2

Cough

Answer 2

• Asthma
• Allergic rhinitis
• Gerd
• COPD
• Pneumonia
• ACE Inhibitor
• Tuberculosis
• Pulmonary malignancy

Question 3

Acute pelvic pain

Answer 3

• Appendicitis
• Diverticulitis
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Ectopic pregnancy
• Ovarian torsion

Question 4

Blood in stool

Answer 4

• Hemorrhoids
• Anal fissure
• Infectious diarrhea
• Diverticulosis
• Inflammatory bowel disease

Question 5

Syncope

Answer 5

• Vasovagal syncope
• Arrhythmia
• Orthostatic hypotension
• Aortic stenosis
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Question 6

Unilateral leg swelling

Answer 6

• Baker cyst rupture
• Cellulitis
• Lymphatic obstruction
• Deep vein thrombosis

Question 7

Bilateral swollen legs

Answer 7

• Heart failure
• Nephrotic syndrome
• Liver failure
• Obesity/venous insufficiency

Question 8

Vomiting

Answer 8

• Medications (chemotherapy, general anesthesia, opioids)
• Gastrointestinal (rotavirus, norovirus, food poisoning, Campylobacter)
• Vestibular system (motion sickness, benign paroxysmal vertigo)
• CNS (migraine, mass lesion, bleeding AV malformation, seizure, trauma, pseudotumor cerebri)
• Vomiting from abdominal organs (appendicitis, cholecystitis, acute hepatitis, peptic ulcer, bowel obstruction, gonad torsion)
• Endocrine and toxins (alcohol, diabetic ketoacidosis)
• Acute CV ilness (MI, pulmonary embolism, aortic dissection)