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Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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perform (compared to Direct ... between TD and Direct ... FICK: • Direct ... • Direct Fick ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc
Clay-Shoveler Fracture 
 - Avulsion fracture of spinous process of C6 or C7 (Stable fracture)
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neck muscles or Direct ... Fracture #Diagnosis #MSK ... SpinousProcess #MSK
Chronic Shoulder Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
4 tests for the AC joint:
1. Direct palpation
2. Cross-arm shoulder
Direct palpation ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #MSK
Biochemistry and Metabolism of Bilirubin
Hemolysis → Hemoglobin → Heme → Biliverdin → Unconjugated Bilirubin (a.k.a. "indirect
"indirect bilirubin ... Unconjugated and "indirect ... conjugated and "direct ... interchangeably for routine clinical
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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lung disease • Pulmonary ... Ventricular Septal Defect ... Atrial Septal Defect ... Pulmonary Right ... Algorithm #Causes #Pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary ... , MSK, Drug/Toxins
Pulmonary Embolism with IVC Thrombus In Transit

A patient presents with chest pain. Which of the following
Pulmonary Embolism ... Resolution: Pulmonary ... artery filling defect ... #Pulmonary #Embolism ... Thrombus #InTransit #clinical
Clues to Differential Diagnosis of Central Cyanosis: Onset of cyanosis, Clubbing, Secondary erythrocytosis, Auscultation, X-ray, Echocardiography,
Cyanotic heart defect ... - Pulmonary diseases ... - Pulmonary AV
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
: Myocarditis, Direct ... non-cardiac illness: Critical ... illness, Sepsis, Pulmonary
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
and Waveforms Direct ... pressures (RA, RV) ● Pulmonary ... pressure (PAp) ● Pulmonary ... saturation (SvO2) Indirect ... – CVP]/CO) ● Pulmonary