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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... Tamponade* • Constriction ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
pedal edema, and clear ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... velocity of 9.5 cm/sec ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Pericardium: - Constrictive ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... Pain #dyspnea #sob
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
you see on this SC ... has pericardial effusion ... with similar peri effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... clinical #cardiology #A3C
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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Antinuclear Antibody ... SSA-60 (Ro60), SSB ... #Antinuclear #Antibody ... Cytoplasmic #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Bone Tumor Location within the Skeleton

Epiphysis: 
Only a few lesions are located in the epiphysis, so
the epiphysis, so ... diagnosis. ... diagnosis. ... Ewing's sarcoma, SBC ... , ABC, Enchondroma
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
Antinuclear Antibody ... SSA-60 (Ro60), SSB ... #Antinuclear #Antibody ... Nuclear #Patterns #differential ... #diagnosis #rheumatology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
fever: - Fever + ANC ... decompression SVC ... pulmonary opacities, SOB ... , pleural effusions ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis