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It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... establishing a diagnosis ... the determined cause ... pump, Impella, LVAD ... #algorithm #management
Budd Chiari Syndrome
Hepatic vein obstruction. Can be caused by thrombosis or sometimes a tumour. Can lead
Can be caused by ... Can lead to shock ... BuddChiari #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Signs
General Algorithms for Assessment of the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) (Algorithms 1, 2 and 3)

Algorithm
Assist Device (LVAD ... Assist Device (LVAD ... Algorithm 2: LVAD ... sustain life #Diagnosis ... VentricularAssistDevice #Algorithm #Management
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... #Pancreatitis #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Diagnosis and management of lead poisoning

#lead  #poisoning #Diagnosis #management #toxicology
Diagnosis and management ... of lead poisoning ... #lead #poisoning ... #Diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
other high-output causes ... dissection • Other causes ... Rule out other causes ... patients require LVAD ... recognition and management
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
- Differential Diagnosis ... urinalysis, labs - Management ... renal biopsy - Management ... treating underlying cause ... ultrasonography - Manaqement
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... found in 60% of cases ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Diffuse and Localized Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Reactive (Inflammatory / Infectious)
 •
Causes of Diffuse ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Lymphadenopathy #LAD ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Initial assessment of the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patient (Algorithm 1)

#Diagnosis #LVAD #Assessment #Evaluation #Algorithm1
assist device (LVAD ... Algorithm 1) #Diagnosis ... #LVAD #Assessment