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Treatment Algorithm for First Time Pulmonary Embolism
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke,
Treatment Algorithm ... Embolism • Provoked ... Unprovoked • Active ... #PE #Pulmonary # ... #Algorithm #management
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... edema • Atelectasis ... embolismPulmonary ... #Causes
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
walking uphill - Dyspnea ... hemorrhage, and seizure activity ... pulmonary edema ... pulmonary edema ... #edema #causes
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Diagnosis and Management ... Algorithm STEMI ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... Embolism: - Hx ... , PE risk factors
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Infectious: • Pre-existing ... Heart Failure • Dyspnea ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Cause Injury By ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cancer • Septic emboli ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cancer • Septic emboli ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... embolus 3. ... typical HF sx: dyspnea ... orthopnea, PND, LE edema
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... and relief of dyspnea ... the patient’s dyspnea ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Pleural #Pulmonary