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Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
precipitated by medications ... period and can ... Superior mesenteric artery ... Positive Carnett's sign ... #differential #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... Chest x-ray: signs ... of CXR congestion ... epicardial coronary artery
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... e.g. incidental CXR ... remission less likely after ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... #Management #Signs
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
) - Diagnosis and ... Management Pneumonia Signs ... pain (LR + NS) ... Yield of blood CX ... #Diagnosis #Management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
pain/tightness ... Nasal polyps and signs ... • Pulmonary artery ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Rib fractures on POCUS 
1. look for a discontinuity at the site of pain and tenderness
at the site of pain ... US beats CXR on ... Most CXR are wasted ... beyond a clinical diagnosis ... course based on chest
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
pain. ... Vital signs: BP ... x-ray (CXR), try ... wall, a chest x-ray ... #Radiology #CTChest