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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 ... - Too slow • Pericardium ... Constrictive - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes ... #causes #pulmonary
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... dissection - SCAD • Pericardium ... Pericarditis - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
by Classification ... exacerbation (any cause ... flow) - Massive pulmonary ... embolism - Pericardial ... tamponade - Tension
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
Shock Classification ... in blood flow caused ... Pulmonary embolism ... Tamponade: pericardial ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential Diagnosis ... Polymyositis or ALS ... • Pericarditis/Pericardial ... tamponade • Conduction ... statins - probably caused