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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Disease Coronary Artery ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Distention Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #Causes
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... determine the cause ... only veins of neck ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #obstruction #comparison
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
month following neck ... consistent with a diagnosis ... such as a carotid artery ... dissection, tumors ... experience, the cause
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... - 1-5 minutes after ... fever, fatigue, Nausea ... , abdominal pain ... #rheumatology #comparison
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... symptoms - cervical artery ... dissection: unilateral ... pain involving neck ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
potential inciting causes ... patches on the face, neck ... rheumatic fever after ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #differential #diagnosis
Varicocele: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Primary:
 - Anatomically: the left spermatic vein drains into the left renal
pinched by the abdominal ... superior mesenteric artery ... retroperitoneal masses ... scrotal venous distention ... Symptoms #Urology #Diagnosis
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... cardiac output causes ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #comparison
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis ... disease of unknown cause ... tenosynovitis of the neck ... universally used, ultrasound ... Obtain a temporal artery
Grading System for Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
 • Grade 0 - Asymptomatic - Radiographic superior vena
Edema in head or neck ... (vascular distention ... visual disturbances caused ... reserve (syncope after ... Syndrome #SVC #diagnosis