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How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
• Non-contrast CT ... sn/sp) or • CTA ... monitoring • TTE ... Defined if 1) CT ... stroke #workup #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... ; abdominal CT, ... infusion Adrenal CT ... CT or MRI scan of ... Screening #Workup #table
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
any indwelling line ... Echocardiography (TTE ... TEE) • Chest CT ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Algorithm for the diagnosis and management of iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis (DVT). In the absence of
Algorithm for the diagnosis ... iliofemoral DVT (dotted line ... thromboembolic disease, CT ... low-molecular-weight heparin, MR ... #dvt #vte #thromboembolism
A possible diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy (equipose)

Given the variability in guidelines and equipoise
algorithm for pulmonary ... preferred front-line ... imaging test to rule out ... scanning versus CT-PA ... PulmonaryEmbolism #VTE
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Gout - Diagnosis ... forefoot, ankles, knees ... • Dual-energy CT ... → MSU deposits ... Therapy • First-line
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... b) CHF c) CVA ... days before Pulmonary ... • <3mo since VTE ... stratification #diagnosis
Transient Patellar Dislocation - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Hyperintense marrow edema of the anterolateral femoral condyle
Dislocation - MSK ... of the patella out ... injury of the knee ... #clinical #mri ... #msk
Morel-Lavallée Lesion - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Large, smoothly marginated, well-circumscribed mass along the medial myofascial
Morel-Lavallée Lesion - MSK ... Differential diagnosis ... attenuation on CT ... Lesion #clinical #mri ... #msk