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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Obstruction • Aortic ... • Dilating Aneurysm ... Hypertension ... • Trauma - Neurologic
AAA Rupture on Abdominal POCUS

Elderly female with back pain and hypotension.  While sensitivity of ultrasound
back pain and hypotension ... high, in this case ... #Aortic #Aneurysm ... #Aorta #Rupture ... Abdominal #POCUS #clinical
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS Protocol
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension
1. Parasternal Long Cardiac View
2. Apical Four-Chamber
and Hypotension ... Inferior Vena Cava ... Aortic Slide Views ... DVT depending on clinical ... POCUS #Protocol #diagnosis
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Thrombosis - Atherosclerosis, Arterial Dissection, Fibromuscular Dysplasia
 - Large
- Ascending Aorta ... infarction • Pulmonary ... effusion • Shock ... Ischemic #Stroke #CVA ... #Neurology #Differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... heart failure, neurologic ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Coarctation of aorta ... Neurologic disorders
Ruptured AAA on POCUS

Nice pick up with a POCUS RUSH exam in a patient with undifferentiated
undifferentiated hypotension ... to diagnose through ... #POCUS #clinical ... ultrasound #abdominal #aneurysm ... #aorta
Causes of Syncope

NEUROLOGICAL
 - CVA/Stroke
 - Cancer
 - Carotid Stenosis
 - Parkinson’s Disease
 - Psychosis
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NEUROLOGICAL - CVA ... RESPIRATORY - Pulmonary ... - Orthostatic Hypotension ... - Ruptured AAA ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
tract, and often causes ... < 30 years - Aorta ... branches • GCA: - Aorta ... aneurysm • Medium ... LFT • ESR • ANA
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
aneurysm. ... the ascending aorta ... the descending aorta ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #clinical ... cardiology #radiology #aorta