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Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential ... appropriate) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury ... #AKI #Differential
Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
Differential Diagnosis ... Elevations - ACUTE ... TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY ... STElevation #STEMI #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
Hypertension, CKD/ESRD Acute ... cardiomyopathy, Acute ... non-cardiac illness: Critical ... Classification #diagnosis ... #cardiology #troponemia
Thoracic Trauma - Lethal 6 and Hidden 6 of Thoracic Trauma
The Lethal 6 of Thoracic Trauma:
Tamponade • Flail Chest ... Blunt Cardiac Injury ... Thoracic #Trauma #diagnosis ... #management #injuries ... #differential #
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... injury 4. ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
 •
Radiology • Miliary ... diffuse inhalational injury ... Differential Diagnosis ... #Radiology #differential ... #CXR #clinical
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
Cardiomyopathy on POCUS ... year old woman - Acute ... Cardiomyopathy #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Wall Thickening - Differential ... Diagnosis • Physiologic ... , Cholangitis, Acute ... #Diagnosis #radiology ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... This Patient With Chest ... Pain Have Acute ... : The Rational Clinical ... #Cardiology #ACS
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Diagnosis Acute ... Dissection, Traumatic Injury ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #cardiology