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Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
Acute onset of skin ... / Symptoms / Complications ... -> Circulatory collapse ... seizures) - Cardiac ... #Anaphylaxis #pathophysiology
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... Look for other signs ... patients, who have an acute ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
pneumonias An acute ... by interstitial edema ... due to cardiac ... The other cause ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Framework NCPE Pathophysiology ... Causes include: ... • A lack of acute ... cardiac disease ... ischemic changes CXR
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
of acute respiratory ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... Embolism: • Acute ... due to airway collapse
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic ... to myosin and cardiac ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #complications
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
Leukostasis: • Pathophysiology ... high WBC count cause ... , dyspnea, +/- CXR ... - ACS, AKI, acute ... WBC >100k, + lab signs
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Stroke • Renal: Acute ... thrombosis • Cardiac ... Myocardial ischemia, Acute ... cor pulmonale ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
rales, peripheral edema ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... effusions). 1/5 pts w/ acute ... CXR congestion. ... Consider cardiac
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
vasoconstrictive • Acute ... hemorrhage and disc edema ... #Retinopathy #pathophysiology ... ophthalmology #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #complications