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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... Diagnosis Approach ... An acute rise or ... disturbance, or acute ... disease: CKD, acute
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... associated with an ... : • Acute Coronary ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... Regurgitation) • Tricuspid
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Chronicity: • Acute ... infections (bacterial), acute ... • Acute = Viral ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... rheumatology #approach #workup
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)

Here's the bedside Echo of an 8-week-old boy who presented to
Total Anomalous Pulmonary ... to the ER with acute ... through a small ASD—keeping ... Venous #Return #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #Clinical #A4C
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
patients w/ different diagnoses ... typically from acute ... strain related to pulmonary ... RV infarct or acute ... clinical #cardiology #a4c
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
type and detects ... - Acute Hemolytic ... Transfusion Related Acute ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... #Transfusions #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Microbiology: Blood ... Culture (+): Acute ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... • Blood cultures ... Substance use: R > L Tricuspid
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... many as 20% of ... Screening Tests for Acute ... : • Complete blood ... #diagnosis #testing
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
Acute Hemolytic ... Transfusion Related Acute ... Presents as dyspnea ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... #Transfusion #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
is unknown - Many ... removal from the blood ... cardiac output - Acute ... pulmonary edema ... peritonitis - Acute