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Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute #Dyspnea #SOB ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Embolism #Dyspnea #SOB ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Hypereosinophilia Different Diagnosis and Workup
Secondary causes are broad so start with a med review, the most
Workup Secondary causes ... are broad so start ... the most common cause ... take the top spot so ... Diagnosis #Workup #algorithm
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
abnormality So ... obstructed AV pathway – look ... the ST segment, so ... syncope, can be caused ... characteristically cause
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... an underlying cause ... Look back in the ... why are there so ... Look it up Secondary
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... disease in question, so ... Calculation #Table #PPV
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... So we are dealing ... also known as BOOP ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP
Trichuris dysentery syndrome on sigmoidoscopy (whipworms)

An 8y child was referred for sigmoidoscopy from a pediatric unit.
the scope in and look ... polyp (mentioned cause ... discussed with them so
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
The algorithm below ... acyclovir in these cases ... within a day, so ... bacterial meningitis, so ... HSV PCR would cause