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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Chest #Pain #ChestPain ... Diagnosis #Causes
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Pericardial Tamponade ... in a Shock Patient ... good enough at diagnosing ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
in blood flow caused ... effusion, cardiac ... Tamponade: pericardial ... effusion, small ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial ... Tamponade* •
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis by Classification ... exacerbation (any cause ... pulmonary embolism - Pericardial ... tamponade - Tension
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Effusion with Tamponade ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - A4C Pt sent to ... effusion/tamponade ... #Tamponade #POCUS
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
Tachypnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Cardiac ischemia • Pericardial ... effusion/Tamponade ... • Hypovolemic shock
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Pericarditis on POCUS ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... can be seen in tamponade ... Had diagnostic tap-fever
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... - Too slow • Pericardium ... Constrictive - Tamponade ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #diagnosis #causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... tension PTX, cardiac tamponade ... findings based on cause ... #Differential #