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Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
Classification and Differential ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Heart #Disorders #Diseases ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Cardiology #Cyanotic
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... PT, aPTT(liver disease ... bypass), LFT (liver disease ... #Workup #hematology
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
- MSK Radiology ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... #clinical #Radiology ... #diagnosis #msk
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... of renal disease ... CT or MRI scan of ... #Hypertension #Differential ... #Screening #Workup
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
intralobular bile ducts causes ... but elevated as disease ... bile ducts Differential ... , IgG4 related disease ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup
Major neurocognitive disorders (MNCD): Diagnosis and workup 

1) Clinical diagnosis Cognitive impairment + loss of autonomy
2)
MRI, iADL scale, ... Alzheimer - 1st cause ... Dementia - 2nd cause ... MNCD #Dementia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
Gouty Arthritis) - MSK ... Radiology Imaging ... Differential diagnosis ... diffuse chondral disease ... #clinical #Radiology
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Coronary artery disease ... Causes: • Hypertension ... may not occur Differential ... #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... Cardiomyopathy #Diagnosis #Causes ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis ... histiocytosis (PLCH ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #ILD #Causes #Differential