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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 ... life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
management Causes ... RA, Sjögren, SLE ... #Differential #workup ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Causes of Approach ... Clinical Exam ... Hemorrhage • See ... Imaging Section Clinical ... #algorithm #Causes
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Burns • Diarrhea ... Snoring Chronic Chest ... #Causes #Hematology
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... Lung US, Echo, LE ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Examination Pulmonary ... teaching case: ... This is what you see ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #pulmonary
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Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Fully expose the chest ... suspected airway see ... Other drugs at clinician ... cyanosis. ⓭ Obtain a chest ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Phenobarbital monotherapy algorithm for alcohol withdrawal

** EDIT - SEE UPDATED ALGORITHM HERE:
https://www.grepmed.com/images/4060/phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-protocol-pulmcrit

-Phenobarbital monotherapy has numerous advantages
withdrawal ** EDIT - SEE ... into meaningful clinical ... fails to achieve clinical ... Alternative causes ... -If you work at
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Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... chest film, which ... The pulmonary embolus ... density on the chest ... #Clinical #Radiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... liver enzymes, diarrhea ... Disease: Clinical ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Lung Disease: • Clinical