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Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management
 • Autoantibodies to vWF: Lymphoproliferative disorders (e.g. lymphoma,
Diagnosis and Management ... cardiomyopathy, Left ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... treatment #hematology #differential
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... • Left sided > Right ... heart failure • Left ... therapy • >10-mm left ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... Mediastinal mass, Left ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
 •
Abdominal Pain - Differential ... Lobe Pneumonia Left ... Pyelonephritis • Left ... Dysmenorrhea Left ... AbdominalPain #Differential
Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Unilateral vs Bilateral

The left iliac vein has to cross
Peripheral Edema - Differential ... Bilateral The left ... of edema, the left ... Peripheral #Edema #Differential
General Algorithms for Assessment of the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) (Algorithms 1, 2 and 3)

Algorithm
Assessment of the Left ... Assessment of the Left ... VentricularAssistDevice #Algorithm #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Characterized by left ... , selenium) Differential ... : LVEF <45% • Left ... recognition and management
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Intracardiac Right to Left ... Pulmonary Right to Left ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential
Visual Field Pathways and Deficits
1 Total blindness of right eye due to complete lesion of right
perichiasmal area 4 Left ... optic tract 5 Left ... radiations 6 Left ... radiations 7 Left ... Diagnosis #lesions #differential
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... Heart Failure - Differential ... Myocardial Ischemia • Left ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Differential