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Severe Aortic Stenosis on POCUS

Calcified Aortic valve leaflets with minimal opening. LVH likely secondary to AS
LVH likely secondary ... Stenosis #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound #PLAX ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... Hypertension - Differential ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... Screening #Workup #table
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... - CBC with differential ... diagnostics as clinically ... indicated (e.g. echocardiogram ... Internet Book of Critical
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Causes of Secondary ... Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... with previously stable ... patients with a negative ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... sharply demarcated secondary ... as opposed to secondary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Comparison #Table
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
/or suspicious clinical ... urgent referral to secondary ... or referral to secondary ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
the duodenum Clinical ... • Should be on differential ... • Secondary AEF ... the OR • HD stable ... first-line study - If negative
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
AIHA Primary Secondary ... lymphoproliferative disorder Secondary ... Viral Infection Clinical ... for anti-C3d and negative ... younger pts) Differential
What's the Dx?
• 29-year-old male 
• Transfer community hospital 
• Hypotension
• Renal failure
• Altered mental status.
Using IV heroin • Negative ... with a vegetation secondary ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Echocardiogram
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... have achieved negative ... #diagnosis #differential ... cardiology #treatment #table