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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... : ACS, Acute decompensated ... dysfunction, Goiter Abdominal ... , Intra-abdominal ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic ... - Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... #ABDOMEN #Differential ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... headache, malaise) → Acute ... infiltration) Differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... • Mitchell et al ... Diagnoses: • Acute ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Feeling a "pop"
 • Acute
Cruciate Ligament (ACL ... Feeling a "pop" • Acute ... will be there + Lachman's ... AnteriorCruciateLigament #ACL ... #MSK #Sports #pathophysiology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Incidence: common in APL ... ATRA treatment Pathophysiology ... • Rare: DAH, acute ... initiation • Differential ... , Anaphylaxis, Acute
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... , and palpable abdominal ... • Should be on differential ... Pathophysiology: ... patients with acute
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... circulation: MCA ACA ... Reversible course Differential ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... lactate and can act
Acute Appendicitis on POCUS

The @RutgersEM residents don't always visualize the appendix. But when they do, the
Acute Appendicitis ... on POCUS The ... showing a case of acute ... Don't you wish all ... clinical #ultrasound #abdominal