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Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
Decompression Sickness ... extent of the nausea ... Clinical #Derm #EM #Radiology ... #Pneumatosis #CT ... #NEJM
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Algorithm for the ... Causes of acute ... imaging with barium, CT ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Froin’s Syndrome - On lumbar puncture, the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) was xanthochromic, viscous, and coagulated in
CT myelography showed ... arrow), which was compressing ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CT #Myelography ... FroinSyndrome #NEJM
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... generates enough compressive ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... generates enough compressive ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
suspected) - CT ... chest; CT abdomen ... Treat underlying cause ... replacement Cord compression ... interventional radiology
Large Hiatal Hernia - A chest radiograph showed a large air–liquid shadow in the inferior retrocardiac
white arrow) and compression ... duodenum, which caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CT #HiatalHernia ... #NEJM
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
acute coronary syndrome ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology
Eagle’s Syndrome - Computed tomography revealed two elongated styloid processes with ossification of the stylohyoid ligaments
Eagle’s Syndrome ... Eagle’s syndrome ... It is caused by ... #CT #Eagle #EagleSyndrome ... StylohyoidOssification #NEJM
Pemberton’s Sign in a Patient with a Goiter- Physical examination revealed an enlarged thyroid with no
thyroid that was compressing ... superior vena cava syndrome ... clinical #photo #NEJM ... Pembertons #sign #radiology ... #CT #goiter