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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Differential Diagnosis Pulmonary ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... , Pulmonary Hypertension ... : • Acute: Ascites
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... peripheral edema, ascites ... HFrEF may lack lung ... bilateral pleural effusions ... coronary artery disease
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
diseases • Arteriovenous ... • Mitchell et al ... coronary heart disease ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... edema - Large effusion ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Glucose/Temp • ACS ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Raised Intracranial Pressure ... Sotalol • Propofol infusion ... diagnosis #causes #cardiology
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
Perfusion Pressure ... Pressure) Intra-Abdominal ... CO) and impedes lung ... Chronic (due to long ... standing ascites
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
- Pulmonary infiltrating ... progress of the disease ... Lung ultrasound ... patients with pulmonary ... POCUS #features #Radiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... venous pressure ... be present at all ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
venous pressure ... In the lungs LV ... disease and causes ... dependent tissues and abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Radiology