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Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Causes of Chest Pain ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Table ... Pneumothorax • Cardiac ... #differential #
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Muffled heart sounds ... dyspnea and chest pain ... will show muffled heart ... show diastolic collapse ... #Pericardial #Cardiac
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
Differential Diagnosis ... narrow down your differential ... (i.e., Cardiac, ... , the differential ... (Table 2).
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... failure): • Severe heart ... uw_IMresidency #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #table ... #comparison #criticalcare
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... beats: • Left heart ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... followed by rapid collapse ... Disorders #Cardiology #Differential
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Cramps: • Muscle pain ... Exercise Associated Collapse ... maintain adequate cardiac ... #illness #differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... MI - Severe heart ... DrEricStrong #Shock #Differential ... Classification #Table ... #CriticalCare
Undifferentiated critical congenital heart disease: Patterns of Presentation 
Pink baby:
 • Presents at 1-6 mo
critical congenital heart ... determines if cardiac ... • Circulatory collapse ... hypoplastic left heart ... #presentation #Differential
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential ... Vasculitides 5% (PAN ... Thrombus / Embolism: Cardiac ... strangulation), Heart ... /Vessels (Heart
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Vasopressors Table ... Target Receptor, Heart ... Vascular Resistance, Cardiac ... Vascular Resistance, Main ... Vasopressors #Properties #Table