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Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... crackles, chest pain ... pulmonary edema ... #edema #causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... Long-standing vs ... • Jaundice • Edema ... • Skin changes ... appendages • FMF • Adult
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... infectious disease caused ... : inflammatory edema ... Romana's sign ... 80%) (abdominal pain
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
13 Dangerous Causes ... or at work) - acute ... dissection: unilateral pain ... distribution, eyelid edema ... postpartum #Diagnosis
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
globules in the lung ... fractures in young adults ... days after an acute ... H/O antecedent trauma ... myalgia - Edema
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
weight • Chest pain ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... is abnormal in adults ... mycobacteria Treatment
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
-60y (hormonal changes ... granulomas within the lungs ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... #Management #Signs
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
vasculitis in older adults ... systemic sx + signs ... headaches, vision changes ... claudication: pain ... Treatment of GCA