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Cardiac metastasis of lung cancer (2D/3D TTE)

What is the most common type of cancer to metastasize
of lung cancer ... cancer (10%–12%) & hematologic ... malignancies (10%–21%): malignant ... echocardiogram #pocus ... #a4c #3d
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... CA, small cell lung ... Biliary stone, Malignancy ... Skeletal muscle, cardiac ... intestines, white blood
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... passage • Arterial blood ... gas (ABC) analysis ... on radioactive lung
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... Infections • Malignancy ... 5% of patients Cardiac ... Cytopenias • Cardiac ... Erythematosus #Diagnosis
Fungal Biomarkers: Beta-D-Glucan and Aspergillus Galactomannan
Beta-D-Glucan:
 • Polysaccharide cell wall component of many fungi
 • Pathogens:
infection (IFI) in hematologic ... malignancy (HM) ... albumin, or other blood ... GM) - IVIg, blood ... Galactomannan #diagnosis
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Related Acute Lung ... - Transfusion Cardiac ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Related Acute Lung ... • Transfusion Cardiac ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential Diagnosis ... disease Malignancy ... dermatomyositis) Malignancy ... Pericarditis/Pericardial tamponade ... weakness • Severe cardiac