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Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... Encephalitis, Brain ... #Algorithm #Causes
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
- Differential Diagnosis ... Caroli's - Complex ... secondary - Breast, Lung ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... bronchoscopy to complete ... History of cancer, lung ... #Algorithm #causes
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
- Differential Diagnosis ... bpm) - Narrow Complex ... in a setting of long ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
bronchi, trachea, or lungs ... Lymphoma, primary, of brain ... Mycobacterium avium complex ... Toxoplasmosis of brain ... InfectiousDiseases #Diagnosis
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... POCUS lung exam ... Lung POCUS shows ... Lung POCUS invaluable ... NOT definitively diagnose
Reversed Halo Sign - Infectious and Non-Infectious Differential Diagnosis
Definition: A focal rounded area of GGO surrounded
a crescent or complete ... • Infectious Causes ... Non-Infectious Causes ... Dermatomyositis, Lung ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
and Associated Lung ... pleura in severe cases ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... depression, and brain ... depression and brain ... Breathing In lung ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
Malignant Complex ... POCUS You are ... Diagnosis? ... #Malignant #Complex ... #POCUS #Pulmonary