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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
failure - CAD/ACS ... - Too slow • Pericardium ... Constrictive - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes ... #pulmonary
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... Hyperkalemia, Hypothermia Tamponade ... Pneumothorax, Thrombosis (Pulmonary ... Coronary) #HsTs #acls
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
T’s Mnemonic - Causes ... Toxins / Tablets, Tamponade ... Thromboembolism (Pulmonary ... Cardiac #Arrest #Causes ... differential #diagnosis #acls
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... Regurgitation - Pericardium ... Pericarditis • Pericardial ... Tamponade Pulmonary ... Causes: - Parenchyma
Life Threatening Causes of Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Table

 • ACS
 • Aortic Dissection
 •
Life Threatening Causes ... Diagnosis Table • ACS ... Dissection • Pulmonary ... Pneumothorax • Cardiac Tamponade
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm Pericardial ... Effusion • Cardiac Tamponade ... Pleural Thickening/Masses ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Pericardial Clot on Echocardiogram

ST elevation of acute pericarditis was misdiagnosed as STEMI and thrombolysed with SK
Pericardial Clot ... thrombolysed with SK ... large clot and tamponade ... DrRajeshG1 #Pericardial ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
deep breathing Pulmonary ... Tachypnea: • Pulmonary ... Cardiac ischemia • Pericardial ... effusion/Tamponade ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Hemorrhagic Tamponade revealed during CPR on POCUS

POCUS (cardiac SubXi) showing why CPR isn't doing much for
Hemorrhagic Tamponade ... during CPR on POCUS ... POCUS (cardiac ... #ACLS #echocardiogram ... #Effusion #Pericardial