18 results
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
valves • MRI brain ... in up to 30% of cases ... often seen • MRI ... #Endocarditis #comparison ... #table
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #cardiology #algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... failure): • Severe heart ... failure, acute MI ... findings based on cause ... #table #comparison
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
and Differential Diagnosis ... with previously stable ... patients with a negative ... or papilledema, heart ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... normal volume-based algorithm ... renal perfusion (Heart ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #sodium
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... pANCA anti-MPO - Negative ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... support for patients clinically ... teratogenic GDMT meds
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... without other cause ... high CVP, left heart ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
repeated exposure to heat ... fires, heating pads ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential ... #diagnosis #dermatology
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
of the medial head ... Case description ... of the medial head ... MR is able to distinguish ... #mri #clinical