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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Aortic Stenosis - Ischemic ... • Myocardial Infarction ... Angina - Non-lschemic ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Early and Late Complications of Acute Myocardial Infarction - Timeline of Complications
 - Ventricular Arrhythmias
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Acute Myocardial Infarction ... Shock - Stroke - Ischemic ... Pericarditis (Dressler Syndrome ... ) #Diagnosis # ... Cardiology #Timeline
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Colonic Thumbprint Sign ... - Differential Diagnosis ... : UC and CD • infection ... colitis) • bowel ischemia ... #radiology #KUB
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia ... of cardiac ischaemia ... factors for cardiac ischaemia ... possible. ❺ If ischaemia ... #Cardiac #Ischemia
Epiploic Appendagitis
Epiploic appendages = Small fat-filled pouches of visceral peritoneum that hang from teniae coli
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teniae coli • Ischemic ... infarction of epiploic ... 7% of patients diagnosed ... afebrile, LLQ pain ... #signs #symptoms
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
from Myocardial Ischemia ... or Infarction and ... from myocardial ischemia ... Pericarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... comparison #Table #Diagnosis
Risk Factors and Signs of Copper Deficiency
Risk Factors:
 • Gastrointestinal: Previous upper bowel resection/bariatric surgery, Inflammatory
diarrhoea, Short bowel syndrome ... Hypercholesterolaemia, Ischaemic ... Stroke, Myocardial infarction ... , Neutropenia, Thrombocytopenia ... Copper #Deficiency #diagnosis
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... : • Infection: ... • PAD • Limb ischemia ... • Acute limb ischemia ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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- Differential Diagnosis ... sludge), Mirizzi's syndrome ... stenosis, Parasitic infection ... , Ischaemic biliopathy ... #hepatology #gastroenterology
Compartment Syndrome Pearls
A vicious cycle of increased pressure within a facial compartment leading to compression of
Compartment Syndrome ... Tissue hypoxia → Ischemia ... rest are late signs ... Ischemic injury ... after the onset of ischemia