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Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... Ask about: - Changes ... physical activity - Nausea ... #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... Nodule - Multiple Masses ... Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
AKI) What to ask ... - Recent hypo/hypertension ... Cl/urea/protein/Cr ... AKI #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
SCAI Pyramid of Cardiogenic Shock Classification
E - Extremis - A patient experiencing cardiac arrest with ongoing
arrest with ongoing CPR ... patient who has clinical ... evidence of relative hypotension ... Classification #ABCDEs #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
Differential Diagnosis ... - Can cause ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis ... #msk
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... chronic illness, clinical ... between these chest ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... mediators such as ... e.g. incidental CXR ... anterior/posterior MSK
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
algorithm to determine ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... • <12mo since ACS ... stratification #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... Pharmacology: • ACE ... #management #cardiology