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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease • Acute ... Embolism ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF ... #RightSided #HeartFailure
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
 •
Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Hypovolemic ... valvulopathy • Pulmonary ... embolism • Left ... obstruction • Pulmonary
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tamponade* • CHF ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... Embolism* Lower
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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and Differential ... Decompensated CHF ... > 12 • Pulmonary ... Embolism, Tension ... Classification #Differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Decompensated CHF ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Embolism, Tension ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Embolism* • Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Elevated Troponin Differential ... Pre-Coronarv): Shock ... Tachycardia-induced HF ... Distribution: Acute ... Process (ie Spasm or Embolism
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Lytes including Ca ... drained if causing acute ... treatment for acute ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombosis - Atherosclerosis, Arterial Dissection, Fibromuscular Dysplasia
 - Large
Diagnosis Algorithm ... infarction • Pulmonary ... embolus • ... effusion • Shock ... Ischemic #Stroke #CVA
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hepatic artery: Shock ... liver, Thrombosis, Emboli ... VZV • Trauma: Shock