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Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
polyarthritis • Pulmonary ... lupus pernio • Cardiac ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Symptoms ... #Signs #Pulmonary
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
vein thrombosis, Pulmonary ... thrombosis • Cardiac ... injury/myocarditis, Cardiac ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #SARSCOV2
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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skin thickening Signs ... and Symptoms: ... • Cardiac: myocardial ... calcinosis • Pulmonary ... #symptoms #testing
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
- CHF - Pulmonary ... Edema - Cardiac ... - Tetany - Cardiac ... pathophysiology #symptoms ... #signs
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Pulmonary: dyspnea ... neuropathy or cardiac ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs ... #Symptoms
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary ... Hypertension Signs ... can be masked by pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
bacterial infection Cardinal ... Symptoms: • Fever ... without localizing signs ... or symptoms - Malaria ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
left heart 3-6 cardiac ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary ... resolution of symptoms
In order to get good visualization of the RV, Intravenous Definity (brand name echo contrast material)
Here is the cardiac ... as McConnell's sign ... described for Pulmonary ... Echocardiogram #Definity #A4C ... #McConnells #Sign
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
overlying thrombus in cardiac ... MR (double V sign ... Theories • No clear ... with nonspecific symptoms ... heart failure symptoms