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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
Mediastinal Widening - Differential ... Diagnosis • ... Vascular: Aortic ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Nodule / mass • Masses
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... anaphylaxis, increased vascular ... shock is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential
Causes of Superior Vena Cava (SVC) Syndrome 
Malignant Causes (2/3 of cases)
 - 95%
Vena Cava (SVC) ... Post-radiation local vascular ... Thomas28George #SVC ... #Differential # ... diagnosis #vascular
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... and diplopia) • Vascular ... Venous disease (SVC ... /IVC occlusion, ... Behcet disease) Differential
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
workup 1) Clinical ... ... laboratory tests ... Frontal atrophy Vascular ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Subtypes #Classification
Torsades de Pointes (TdP): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia initiated by PVC in the setting
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... tachycardia initiated by PVC ... dePointes #TdP #Diagnosis ... pathophysiology #cardiology #causes ... #differential
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... Diagnosis Portal ... portal vein and IVC ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... #Diagnosis #causes
Classification of Pelvic Ring Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
 • Anterior Posterior Compression (APC) -
Classification of ... Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical ... MVC, cyclist) ... ligaments and possible vascular ... Orthopedics #MSK #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... Diagnosis The ... tests before beginning ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #typea #typeb #classification
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... obstructive pattern IV ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes