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Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
• Evaluate for signs ... • Evaluate for pericardial ... effusion • Evaluate ... heart disease, shunt ... Echocardiography #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
suggested by warmth, effusion ... noninflammatory Signs ... non-activity, may have effusion ... the morning • Effusion ... #MSK #rheumatology
Acromioclavicular (AC) Joint Septic Arthritis on POCUS

IVDU with severe left shoulder pain.  Can fully range
Diagnosis? ... showed effusion ... glenohumeral joint effusion ... #Effusion #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #MSK
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Rheumatoid Arthritis ... knees, shoulders Signs ... nodules, joint effusions ... #Rheumatoid #Arthritis ... #diagnosis #management
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
ASA, Kussmaul's sign ... circumferential pericardial ... effusion. ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Rheumatoid arthritis ... Inflammation of pericardium ... pain, pleural effusion ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism - Symptoms and Signs
Hypothyroidism:
 - General - From asymptomatic to myxedema coma, “Like
- Symptoms and Signs ... cardiomegaly • pericardial ... effusion ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Diagnosis #endocrinology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... Romana Sing (unilateral ... Acute myocarditis, pericardial ... effusion, meningoencephalitis ... #Management #Microbiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
un lymphatic Diagnostic ... bilateral pleural effusions ... of obstructive epicardial ... #heartfailure #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
of blood, pus, effusion ... examination and vital signs ... Plan definitive management ... toward the largest pericardial ... #Management #Workup