Differential diagnosis

Insyd healthcare, a differential diagnosis (DDx) be a method of analysis wey dey distinguish a particular disease anaa condition from odas wey dey present plus similar clinical features. Differential diagnostic procedures be used by clinicians make dem diagnose de specific disease insyd a patient, anaa, at least, make dem consider any imminently life-threatening conditions. Often, dem dey bell each individual option of a possible disease a differential diagnosis (e.g., acute bronchitis fi be a differential diagnosis insyd de evaluation of a cough, even if de final diagnosis be common cold).

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A mnemonic make e help in considering multiple possible pathological processes be VINDICATEM:

 Vascular
 Inflammatory / Infectious
 Neoplastic
 Degenerative / Deficiency / Drugs
 Idiopathic / Intoxication / Iatrogenic
 Congenital
 Autoimmune / Allergic / Anatomic
 Traumatic
 Endocrine / Environmental
 MetabolicCf. VINDICATE – Mnemonic for differential diagnosis Archived 20 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine at PG Blazer.com.

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