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Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... significant portal HTN Signs ... obstruction) • Lack of signs ... Post-Hepatic: • Cardiac ... metastasis
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
post-arrest intra-abdominal ... biased towards cardiac ... causes for post-arrest ... #Laceration #cpr ... #trauma #ultrasound
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... indicated, start CPR ... • Diagnostic ... examination and vital signs
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
/vomiting, Abdominal ... thrombosis • Cardiac ... ischemia, Acute cor ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... Look for other signs ... chronic heart disease ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... acute HF → no signs ... Consider cardiac
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
• 1ml blood/liter ... basement membrane disease ... hematuria • Signs ... of glomerular disease ... Malignancy • Trauma
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
benign breast diseases ... breast e.g. biopsy, car ... bruising/erythema/sign ... of trauma Breast ... #differential #diagnosis
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
intralobular bile ducts causes ... cholestasis → Cirrhosis/Liver ... failure PBC Signs ... or higher • Liver ... of pregnancy, Cardiac
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
without warning signs ... Dengue with warning signs ... the following signs ... Intense abdominal ... classification #diagnosis