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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... embolism • Cardiac ... ultrasound • CXR ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score for PE • CTA
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
inflammatory cells) Clinical ... fatal in 10% of pts ... lupus pernio • Cardiac ... : Heart failure, ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... out Left-Sided Heart ... #Algorithm #causes
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Pathogenesis and clinical ... overload -> - CHF ... - Pulmonary ... Edema - Cardiac ... - Tetany - Cardiac
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... effusions). 1/5 pts ... signs of CXR congestion ... Consider cardiac
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
an increase in heart ... redistribution of pulmonary ... supine film the cardiac ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Exacerbation
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
Congestive heart ... output because of cardiac ... results in decreased cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Clinical ... flow, increasing cardiac ... to congestive heart ... • Moderate pulmonary
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... with presence of pulmonary ... Cardiac cath if ... #heartfailure #chf
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
Increased pulmonary ... stages, each with its ... In daily clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages