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Differential Algorithm for Adult Heart Murmurs 

Dr. André Mansoor @AndreMansoor - Author of Frameworks for Internal
Differential Algorithm ... for Adult Heart ... Murmurs Dr. ... #Heart #Murmurs ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
• Rheumatic Heart ... Rheumatic Fever • Trauma ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
Diagnosis Framework ... common type in adults ... The evaluation should ... cause unknown) ... , or head trauma
Causes of Hypothermia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Environmental:
 • Immersion
 • Non-lmmersion
Body Heat Loss:
 • Drugs/ Toxins
Causes of Hypothermia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Loss: • Drugs ... Lack of Body Heat ... #Algorithm #causes
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation ... classification, and the HEART ... physical activity - Nausea ... #diagnosis #Algorithm ... #cardiology #Angina
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... +S4, MR and TR Murmurs ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #cardiology #algorithm
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... Physiologic Causes ... age-arteriosclerosis (less ... Blunt Abdominal Trauma ... #cardiology
Causes of Peripheral and Central Vertigo
PERIPHERAL VERTIGO
1. Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) - Short-lived (typically less
Short-lived (typically less ... often in older adults ... Head trauma - Symptoms ... shortly after head ... #differential #diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
fatigue, weight loss ... • New cardiac murmur ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Treat underlying cause ... #management #cardiology
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
at level of the heart ... the level of the heart ... fractures in young adults ... • Diagnosis: ... H/O antecedent trauma