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Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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progressing GN • New pulmonary ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms ... aortitis, aortic aneurysm ... Supply gut -> abdominal
AAA Endoleak on POCUS

80 y/o w severe abdominal pain, one year after endoprosthesis stent of an
AAA Endoleak on POCUS ... 80 y/o w severe abdominal ... endoprosthesis stent of an abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... endoleak to the aneurysmal
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
malformation, Aneurysm ... , Vasculitis, Reversible ... Neurocysticercosis, PML
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... Perforation • Ruptured abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... Diffuse #Acute #Abdominal
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
progressing GN • New pulmonary ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... MPO > PR3) • Pulmonary ... gut involvement, abdominal ... Thrombosis and arterial aneurysms
AAA is defined as a localized balloon-like dilatation of the abdominal aorta greater than 3cm. Risk
dilatation of the abdominal ... have claimed that POCUS ... wall defines an aneurysm ... Clinical #Radiology #POCUS ... #AAA #Aortic #Aneurysm
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) during CPR on POCUS

Still not sure about intra-arrest POCUS? Here is "just
Abdominal Aortic ... Aneurysm (AAA) ... during CPR on POCUS ... RJonesSonoEM #Abdominal ... #Aortic #Aneurysm
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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nodules, livedo - Abdominal ... multiplex ANCA vasculitis ... sinusitis - pulmonary ... Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
Differential A - Abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... Differential #Diagnosis #POCUS
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Autoimmune: ANCA-Assoc vasculitis ... Thoracic aortic aneurysm ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary