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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Wall/Pleura ... Pneumothorax • Pleural ... Effusion ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching ... case: you are called ... effusion where ... #pulmonary #respiratory
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Causes of Chest ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... #Pain #ChestPain
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
effusion - Reduced ... due to thickened pleura ... in severe cases ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential #
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
complex • Nodular/Masses ... Castleman's disease • Pleural ... effusion; empyema ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #chestCT
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
pain, pleural effusion ... on CXR • RA inflammation ... tends to cause ... interstitial lung disease/pulmonary ... pathophysiology #signs
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• CT: Halo sign ... Focal pneumonia, pleural ... effusion, or bronchitis ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases