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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... Prognostication based on scores ... features • Bova score ... class (30-day all cause ... @nickmmark #Pulmonary
Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary Causes of ARDS #Diagnosis #EM #PCC #ARDS #Differential #Algorithm #Pulmonary #NonPulmonary #Causes #Ddxof
Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary ... Causes of ARDS ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... Differential #Algorithm #Pulmonary ... #NonPulmonary #Causes
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... troponin; HEART score ... • PERC; Well score
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
Pulmonary Embolism ... Diagnosis #Management #EM ... #sPESI #risk #score
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... reported in 100% of cases ... arthralgia, dyspnea, sore ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
The pulmonary embolism rule-out criteria (PERC) was created to reduce testing in patients who have a
The pulmonary embolism ... published on this score ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... Rule #Criteria #Pulmonary
#POCUS of the posterior lung bases in a (#covid19 negative) patient with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
posterior lung bases ... severe idiopathic pulmonary ... LUS #ultrasound #EM ... emergency #lung #pulmonary
Causes of Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis
Malignancy 
 - Tumor effect* (esp. Gl, lung, lymphoma)
Causes of Unintentional ... insufficiency Neuro: Dementia ... cachexia"), COPD ("pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Myoclonus - Differential Diagnosis
LOCALIZATION:
 • Cortical: Focal/multifocal: Distal UL+ Face, Action/sensitive induced
 • Sub-Cortical:
Causes of Myoclonus ... degenerations, dementias ... hepatic, septic, pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... non-threatening pulmonary ... Pulmonary Contusion ... Most commonly caused