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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... Tamponade Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #causes
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... could pinpoint the cause ... can be seen in tamponade ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #clinical #cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Pericardial Tamponade ... good enough at diagnosing ... @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
 •
Algorithm Hypovolemic ... Obstructive: • Cardiac ... tamponade • Tension ... • Constrictive pericarditis ... #causes
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Valvular disease • Tamponade ... • Constrictive pericarditis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Algorithm Pericardial ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Tamponade* • ... #Algorithm #Causes
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Neurocardiogenic ... Tamponade ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... #Algorithm #causes
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... • Diagnostic ... tamponade recurs ... ultrasound to identify pericardial ... toward the largest pericardial
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Algorithm Unequal ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... tamponade • AECOPD ... • Constrictive Pericarditis ... #Algorithm #causes
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... : • Cardiac Tamponade ... * • Pericarditis ... #Algorithm #Causes