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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Cardiovascular Causes ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... Causes of Chest ... Pain: • Chest Wall ... - Rupture • Gastric
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Pleural Thickening/Masses ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
• Myocarditis Pulmonary ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... present) • Pulmonary ... Hypertension - Chest Wall ... Gastrointestinal • Gastro-Esophageal
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... Differential Diagnosis Pulmonary ... /Chest Wall: • ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... wall hernia, Obesity
Paradoxical Respirations in Diaphragmatic Paralysis

Note the paradoxical movement of the abdomen during inspiration. The accessory inspiratory
This change causes ... and the anterior abdominal ... wall to move inward ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... AMI • PUD • Gastric ... wall pain • Abdominal
G-tube stuck in the abdominal wall on POCUS Ultrasound
Also in the underrated, not typically taught, but
G-tube stuck in the abdominal ... wall on POCUS Ultrasound ... uses: troubleshooting ... #wall #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #gastric
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... cardiovascular system, as well ... associated with mild gastric ... pain • Abdominal ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
consequence of bowel wall ... ulcer), bowel wall ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... variety of other causes ... hepatology #liver #pocus
Prominent, Thickened Gastric Mucosal Folds on POCUS
POCUS for upper abdominal pain episodes to look for gallstones.
Prominent, Thickened Gastric ... Mucosal Folds on POCUS ... POCUS for upper ... abdominal pain ... #Folds #POCUS #