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Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Abdominal Ultrasound ... Cyanosis without Pulmonary ... Apnea • Chronic Pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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standard, rarely performed ... intolerance • Chest ... summation gallop • Abnormal ... cardiac death Management ... #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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exercise intolerance, chest ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Flow of Dilated Abdominal ... Normal venous flow ... maneuver should be performed ... CT imaging showed ... Clinical #Video #Chest
Head Cheese Sign on Chest CT
 • Juxtaposition of distinct radiographic areas of low, normal and
CT • Juxtaposition ... areas of low, normal ... #Cheese #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Lung infarction
In pulmonar embolism it is not common to see consolidation.
The consolidation is a result of
infarction In pulmonar ... film, which is normal ... On the CT we can ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... • CT: Halo sign ... Lung Exam: Can be normal ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Fleischner Society recommendations for follow-up of nodules
Previous chest radiographs should be reviewed to determine if the
nodules Previous chest ... Management of indeterminate ... #Management #Radiology ... #CTChest #Fleischner ... Society #Followup #Pulmonary
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... days before Pulmonary ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... medical and surgical management
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis- Computed tomography of the chest, reconstructed in the coronal plane at the level of the
tomography of the chest ... intraparenchymal pulmonary ... wedge biopsy was performed ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis #LAM #radiology ... #CT #wedge #biopsy