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Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
analysis using Light's ... criteria and based ... medical diagrams, tables ... #criteria #algorithm ... #differential
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Causes #Pulmonary ... #Lights #Criteria
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... #Causes
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... vasodilatation, myocardial dysfunction ... might be obvious ... CriticalCare #Shock #Differential ... #Classification
Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Syphilis (light-near ... Neuromuscular Junction Dysfunction ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Papillary Muscle Dysfunction ... - Dilation of Right ... #causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
renal tubular dysfunction ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Micronutrient Deficiencies After Gastric Bypass
Fat-Soluble Vitamins:
 • Vitamin A - Night/complete blindness, xeropthalmia (pathologic dryness of
• Thiamine - Nausea ... encephalopathy, oculomotor dysfunction ... ataxia, cognitive dysfunction ... vitamin #nutrition #table ... #differential #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Septic Emboli Cause ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... Treat underlying cause ... Surgery: • Valvular dysfunction
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• Fever • Night ... ) Classification ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... through Ann Arbor criteria ... lymphoma #diagnosis #classification