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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... - Water - Pus ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #pulmonary
Gout (Gouty Arthritis) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Eccentric soft-tissue densities surrounding the third proximal interphalangeal
) - MSK Radiology ... Case description ... • PVNS/Giant Cell ... mri #clinical #Radiology ... #rheumatology
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Splenomegaly, Increased PMNs ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Hematology
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... Is it pus, edema ... the alveoli and cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Other tests: • CT chest ... Goodpasture's cause ... typically seen on chest ... hematuria, RBC casts
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
an underlying cause ... Better call hematology ... JAK2 V617F) and MPNs ... #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
activity is the diagnostic ... available for rapid diagnosis ... decrease in most cases ... Negative, ruling out ... #Workup #Hematology
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
to Joint Pain - Diagnostic ... Like in this case ... Joint #Pain #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #diagnosis
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Therefore, conditions caused ... a rigid chest cage ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
involvement • 30%: CNS ... -> AML: Blast crises ... count ↑ PLT • ↑ PBS ... #Leukemia #Hematology ... #Oncology #Diagnosis