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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Tamponade Pulmonary ... Causes of Chest ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Causes #Cardiology
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Red Flags: • Fever ... lung disease or CHF ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Algorithm #causes
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... Pulmonary/Chest ... decompensated CHF ... Valvular disease Head/Neck ... poisoning, DKA, Fever
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia • CHF ... • Pericardial effusion ... • Temperature/FEVER ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
POCUS with IJ Thrombosis ... Male with high fever ... Differential/diagnosis ... Lemierre's Syndrome case ... On ultrasound note
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR ... , CT, ultrasound ... Inflammation (e.g., fever ... #Pulmonolary
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
are smaller and fewer ... The pulmonary vascular ... during a period of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Empyema on POCUS

89-year-old male with fever and dyspnea. Lung ultrasound reveals what chest x-ray hides -
Empyema on POCUS ... year-old male with fever ... Lung ultrasound ... reveals what chest ... #Pulmonary #Loculated
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... with cough and fever ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... patients with pulmonary ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... Mediterranean fever ... #cardiology