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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade ... - Pericardial Effusion ... SAlerhand #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #Echocardiogram ... #Ultrasound
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Pericarditis - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes ... • Vasculature: PE ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... Gastritis - PUD
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Constrictive - Tamponade ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... Vasculature: - PE ... of Dyspnea: • Chest ... Obesity - Flail chest
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... embolism • Cardiac tamponade ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... MatthewHoMD #Chest
Postoperative Hemorrhagic Pericardial effusion with Left Ventricular Compression and Tamponade

- Reza Karimianpour, D.O. https://twitter.com/officialdrk12

#Postoperative #Pericardial #Effusion
Hemorrhagic Pericardial effusion ... Compression and Tamponade ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #PLAX #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Echocardiogram
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Threatening Causes of Chest ... Dissection • Pulmonary ... Pneumothorax • Cardiac Tamponade ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD ... #ChestPain #Chest
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Pericardial • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... Abnormalities • Pleural Effusions ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Vessels • Pulmonary
Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
with Pericardial Effusion ... sided pericardial effusion ... #tamponade #MyocardialInfarction ... #AMI #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
Hypoxemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm by A-a Gradient

Normal A-a Gradient:
 • ↓ Atmospheric pressure
 • Hypoventilation: CNS
neuromuscular disease, ↓ chest ... (↑Shunting), ↓Perfusion ... Dead space) • ↓Diffusion ... Matthew Ho, MD PhD ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #pulmonary
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
• Vascular (PE ... lung disease • Pulmonary ... Septal Defect Pulmonary ... Abnormalities • Chest ... Algorithm #Causes #Pulmonary