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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pericardial • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... EffusionsPleural ... #Algorithm #Causes
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
of Exudative Pleural ... Effusion in adults ... #Effusion #LightsCriteria ... pulmonary #im #radiology ... #clinical
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... : • Pleural effusion ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Chest Wall/Pleura ... Effusion ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Cardiology
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Causes of Orthopnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... and Anxiety • Pleural ... Effusion • Ascites ... CNS lesion: ALS, MS
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... A subpulmonic effusion ... effusion, is when ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Effusion #Subpulmonic
Large pleural effusion on Echocardiogram
Does this patient need pericardiocentesis?
In this case, large billateral pleural effusion can
Large pleural effusion ... effusion can sometimes ... with pericardial effusion ... #effusion #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
- Differential Diagnosis ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #cardiology
Large pleural effusion on Echocardiogram
Does this patient need pericardiocentesis?
In this case, large billateral pleural effusion can
Large pleural effusion ... effusion can sometimes ... with pericardial effusion ... #effusion #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology