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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm Pericardial ... • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... EffusionsPleural ... Chest Wall Abnormalities
Malignant Pleural Effusions
Malignant pleural effusion with atelectasis. Echo was ordered after chest x-ray to rule out
pleural effusion ... ordered after chest ... rule out a large pericardial ... #effusion #lung ... clinical #pocus #ultrasound
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... effusion - Reduced ... to thickened pleura ... in severe cases ... #POCUS #ultrasound
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
COVID-19 on Lung ... breath or pleuritic chest ... effusion, thickened ... #ultrasound #pulmonary ... BLines #POCUS #Effusion
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... Causes of Chest ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... • Interstitial lung ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural ... Abnormalities • Chest ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... • Interstitial lung ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Too slow • Pericardium ... - Blood • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... of Dyspnea: • Chest ... Obesity - Flail chest
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Secondary to invasive cardiac ... metastatic spread: lung ... patients with pulmonary ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... the lung will lie ... since the heart or pericardial ... fat or effusion ... This causes a density