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AAA Rupture on Abdominal POCUS

Elderly female with back pain and hypotension.  While sensitivity of ultrasound
sensitivity of ultrasound ... direct detection of signs ... #Aortic #Aneurysm ... #Aorta #Rupture ... #hemorrhage
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... < 30 years - Aorta ... branches • GCA: - Aorta ... purpura: strong sign ... aneurysm • Medium
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
duodenum Clinical Signs ... • Should be on differential ... presentation • Minor hemorrhage ... de novo between aorta ... or within the aorta
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Arterial Thrombosis - Differential ... atheroemboli) • Aorta ... Dissection • Aneurysm ... 19 - PNH - Vasculitis ... • Injury
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... Musculoligamentous injury ... Referred Pain: • Aorta ... : Dissection, Aneurysm ... Retroperitoneal hemorrhage
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... clinical context and signs ... Glomerulonephritis / Vasculits ... : ANCA, ANA, Anti-GBM
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... purpura: Strong sign ... < 30 years • Aorta ... Arteritis): • Aorta ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
such as retinal hemorrhages ... or acute kidney injury ... renal bruit or signs ... Coarctation of aorta ... , Vasculitis
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
to local skin injury ... coronary artery aneurysms ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA ... diagnosis #management #signs
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
and Headache - Differential ... Traumatic brain injury ... meningeal irritation signs ... Non-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage ... headache • CNS Vasculitis