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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 ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... score for PE • CTA ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Stroke Evaluation and Management Algorithm

Clinical suspicion of stroke (BE FAST)
 • Balance loss
 • Eyes: vision
and Management Algorithm ... Clinical suspicion ... Immediate Workup ... #diagnosis #differential ... #neurology #CVA
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
Hematuria Workup ... and Diagnosis Algorithm ... unilateral flank pain ... → CT urography and ... #Algorithm #Workup
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... Echo, LE doppler, CTA ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... Venous duplex or CTA ... node biopsy • Clinical ... findings of PAN ... #diagnosis
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Epigastric abdominal pain ... Imaging findings Workup ... , gallstones), CT ... biliary, stones), CTA ... Management #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary ... involvement - CT
Bronchus Sign on Chest CT
 • Airway leading directly to a peripheral lung nodule or mass
Sign on Chest CT ... : Bronchogenic Ca ... Bronchus #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #clinical
CT Angiogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Prominent pulm vessels traversing through an area of parenchymal
CT Angiogram Sign ... on Chest CT • ... mucinous adeno Ca ... Angiogram #Sign #CT ... #clinical
Cheerio Sign (Open Bronchus Sign) on Chest CT
 • Pulmonary nodule with a central lucency
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Sign) on Chest CT ... DDx: Pulm adeno Ca ... Cheerio #Sign #CT ... #diagnosis #radiology ... #clinical