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There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
and the calcium sign ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #AorticKnob ... #Dissection #APWindow
Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Type A Dissection ... Non-ischemic EKG ... , nl CXR. ... What's the Diagnosis ... (nl <4 cm) Labeled
There are about a dozen x-ray findings, but two of them are especially important: Loss of
about a dozen x-ray ... and the calcium sign ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Aortic
Transposition of Great Arteries (TGA) on Chest XRay
 - Oval Shaped Cardiac Silhouette 
 - Narrow
(TGA) on Chest XRay ... vasculature - Egg-on-a-string ... GreatArteries #TGA #CXR ... #ChestXRay #Radiology ... #Diagnosis #Clinical
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Colonic Thumbprint Sign ... on Abdominal XRay ... : UC and CD • infection ... (e.g. pseudomembranous ... #radiology #KUB
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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infarction • Aortic ... dissection • ... Initial workup: • EKG ... ultrasound • CXR ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest ... normal chest x-ray ... and and ECG with ... dissection.- Michael ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
= Biomarkers + ECG ... : Acute STEMI, Aortic ... dissection, PE, ... #Ischemia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential Diagnosis ... (e.g., fever, myalgia ... Stroke, carotid dissection ... (e.g., meningitis ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD
Silhouette Sign on Chest X-Ray
Loss of the margin between two opposing structures of the same radiographic
Silhouette Sign ... on Chest X-Ray Loss ... hemidiaphragm • LUL – aortic ... #ChestXRay #CXR ... #diagnosis #radiology