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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway Obstruction ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
The table summarizes ... idiopathic it is called ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Differential #Table
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
- Able to identify ... causes of flank or abdominal ... pain: diagnoses ... stones #calculus #Radiology ... #Diagnosis
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

SBO diagnosis in minutes of patients arrival to ED, "to/fro peristalsis" (aka
Small Bowel Obstruction ... on POCUS SBO ... diagnosis in minutes ... peristalsis" (aka ... #AbdominalUS #SBO
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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nodules, livedo - Abdominal ... sinusitis - pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #Table
Small Bowel Obstruction
67 y/o M with PMH colon cancer s/p resection and colostomy, multiple SBO managed
and increasing abdominal ... POCUS shows fluid-filled ... diagnosis of SBO ... Medicine #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS
Multifocal Atrial Rhythm vs Wandering Atrial Pacemaker
Mutifocal Atrial Rhythm / Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia:
Belong to a group
Belong to a group called ... criteria for the diagnosis ... dominant pacemaker focus ... Pacemaker #wap #diagnosis ... #cardiology #ekg
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... and undergoing AAA ... or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Glomerulonephritis, arthritis, obstructive ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... LFT • ESR • ANA
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Several of the diagnoses ... This post will focus ... considering the diagnosis ... consider intra-abdominal ... #Radiology #CTChest