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An Approach to Acute Dyspnea - Diagnostic Framework

From the HPI, PMH, vitals, focused physical exam (e.g.
An Approach to Acute ... Dyspnea - Diagnostic ... exams), and the chest ... one of 8 basic patterns ... #Workup #Algorithm
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
of these four patterns ... on a chest x-ray ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Consolidation #Patterns
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
with a nodular pattern ... bronchiolitis: ill ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Nodular #Pattern
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
inoculation • Clinical ... presentation - Acute ... blastomycosis • Diagnosis ... disease - Mild ... #Blastomyces #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pericardial ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Interstitium • ILD
Pyogenic Flexor Tenosynovitis

50-year-old man, kidney transplant, with post-transplant diabetes. Inpatient for pneumonia. It evolves with delirium,
50-year-old ... physical examination, fusiform ... of the hand : fusiform ... confirmed the diagnosis ... #Hand #Finger #Clinical
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Highly variable clinical ... subclinical disease to acute ... hepatocellular pattern ... though cholestatic pattern ... Necrosis) If mild
ECG of a 55-year-old man who presented to the ER with chest pain 
Computer interpretation: “Nonspecific
ECG of a 55-year-old ... to the ER with chest ... It’s a classic pattern ... of Acute RCA Occlusion ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... of Acute Exacerbation ... for alternate diagnoses ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... of AECOPD: • Clinical
Leigh Syndrome 
History: 19-month-old girl with hypotonia, developmental 
delay, failure to thrive, and bilateral optic disc
History: 19-month-old ... pons • DWI+ in acute ... various imaging patterns ... Leigh #Syndrome #Clinical ... #MRI #Brain #Diagnosis