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Type B Aortic Dissection Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX

Elderly male with hypertension and DM presents
Type B Aortic Dissection ... Flap on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Diagnosis? ... at the intimal flap ... TypeB #Aortic #Dissection
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... infarction • Aortic dissection ... • CXR • CBC, BMP ... #Algorithm #workup
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Aortic Dissection ... Pearls Aortic dissection ... deficit/differential BP ... reducing HR and BP ... #diagnosis #management
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Type A Dissection ... w CP drops his BP ... What's the Diagnosis ... Proximal aortic dissection ... DavidPigottMD #TypeA #Dissection
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Acute Management
Pain: Chest, Back, Abdo, Migrating, Above & below diaphragm, Abrupt
Aortic Dissection ... - Diagnosis and ... Management - Diagnose ... SarahFoohey #Aortic #Dissection ... #Diagnosis #Management
Headache Syndromes 
Sudden onset of pain - "Thunder clap" with any decreased mentation, any positive focal
pain - "Thunder clap ... cervical artery dissection ... Recurrent thunder clap ... cervical artery dissection ... Headache #Syndromes #diagnosis
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm and Management ... Atherosclerosis, Dissection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #management
Causes of Headache - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary: Tension, Migraine, Cluster
Extracranial: Medications, Sinusitis, TMJ disorder, Cervicogenic, Glaucoma,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Primary ... Venous trrombosis, Dissection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #algorithm
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
Bradycardia Diagnostic ... and Management Algorithm ... cardiomyopathy, dissection ... dextrose, dialysis #Diagnosis ... #Bradycardia #Algorithm
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
- Differential Diagnostic ... Heart failure, Dissection ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #algorithm