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Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Erythrocytosis) - Differential ... Cyanosis without Pulmonary ... Heart Disease Abnormal ... Apnea • Chronic Pulmonary ... Erythrocytosis #Differential
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Pediatric Wheezing - Differential ... Algorithm CXR Abnormal ... : • Pulmonary ... Wheezing #Wheeze #Differential ... Peds #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Abnormal Jugular ... Pressure Waveforms - Differential ... atrial myxoma, pulmonary ... Cardiac tamponade #Abnormal ... Waveforms #JVP #Differential
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
as metastatic pulmonary ... stress of the pulmonary ... Pulmonary Diseases ... granulomatosis • Abnormal ... lung #diseases #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
stigmata of cor pulmonale ... • Pulmonary artery ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal ... Acid fast) • Pulmonary ... #differential #
Hypoxia and Hypoxemia - Overview
Hypoxia - insufficient oxygen delivered to tissues to meet demands
Hypoxemia - low
blood loss) or abnormal ... Hypoxemia #summary #pulmonary ... #differential #
Mosaic attenuation
The term 'mosaic attenuation' is used to describe density differences between affected and non-affected lung
which part is abnormal ... process adjacent to normal ... lung - Normal lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Attenuation #Differential
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Vasculitis Differential ... strength & enzymes normal ... fluid (CSF) is abnormal ... #Vasculitis #Differential
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... may still have a normal ... a superimposed pulmonay ... Consolidation #Differential
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Pediatric Cough - Differential ... Infection - Abnormal ... • Tumor Normal ... • Asthma - Abnormal ... Chronic #Cough #Differential