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The Differential

By Aisha · 10 episodes

A differential diagnosis is literally the list of things that could be going on, the options you're sorting between. So that's what this series is. Every episode I take a cluster of diagnoses that blur together and line them up side by side so your brain can hold them as separate objects instead of one fuzzy blob.

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Episodes

2 seasons · 10 episodes

Season 1 · 9 episodes

Hypertension in Pregnancy

Today we're doing the four hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. I'm going to walk through them in order, easie...
9:42
Brain Bleeds

Four bleeds. Four CT shapes. One framework. This episode walks through the four types of intracranial hemorrha...
23:43
Liver Tumors

Six tumors. Three benign, three malignant. One organ that almost never tells you what's happening inside it. T...
25:19
Stages of Syphilis

One bug. Four faces. Same treatment every time. This episode walks through the four stages of syphilis, plus t...
21:32
Nephritic Syndrome

Six diseases. Same picture. Hematuria, hypertension, swelling, and red blood cell casts in the urine. This epi...
25:51
Types of Vaccines

Five vaccines. Five different ways to teach the immune system. In this episode we walk through every vaccine t...
24:23
Glycogen Storage Diseases

Five enzymes. Five completely different bedside pictures. From a floppy baby with a massive heart, to a kid he...
18:08
Types of Dementia

Seven dementias, seven discriminators. The fast one with myoclonus. The triad where gait comes first. The step...
26:25
Hyperparathyroidism

Four diseases. Three labs. One framework. Primary is the gland gone rogue. Secondary is the gland doing its jo...
22:58

Season 2 · 1 episode

Thyroid Cancers

Four cancers that all start the same way: a thyroid nodule. From there the stories split. The young woman with...
23:30