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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... Pneumothorax Other Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
Tetanus Toxin -> Spores ... cause quadriplegia ... lymph -> Koplik's spots ... Maternal viremia causes ... jaundice and RUQ pain
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Ear Pain (Otalgia ... Primary Otalgia - Pain ... from the ear - Pain ... - Intermittent pain ... vision or black spots
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Acute #Interstitial
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... ultrasound • CXR ... MatthewHoMD #Chest #Pain
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Total scores >2 ... the ICU due to short ... it should not cause ... bradycardia • Ketamine ... dissociative drug, it causes
Hilar enlargement
The table summarizes the causes of hilar enlargement.
Normal hili are:
- Normal in position - left
summarizes the causes ... vessels #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #HilarEnlargement
Pacemaker Identification Algorithm

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application that uses ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Radiology #CXR
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
Causes of Bone/Joint ... Pain in Sickle ... • XR, MRI to ... difficult to see on XR ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Pelvis Insufficiency fractures
 - Back pain consistently one of the top three most common ER chief
fractures - Back pain ... a major pelvic cause ... of low back pain ... Typically occult on plain ... Pelvic #diagnosis #radiology