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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... EffusionsPleural ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Wall/Pleura ... Effusion ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... /perfusion Mismatch ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural ... Abnormalities • Chest ... #Algorithm #Causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Diagnosis Framework ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... : - Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Cardiology
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... : • Pleural effusion ... #Algorithm #Causes
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Pulmonary teaching case ... drain - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... effusion (decompression ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Pulmonary teaching case ... POCUS - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... “escapes” the pleura ... #clinical #video
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... pericardial fat or effusion ... This causes a density ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Lateral #Cardiac
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
on Chest CT • ... by an exudative effusion ... Empyema, malignant effusions ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... lateral image effusion ... If pleural effusion ... seen on a supine chest ... #Clinical #Radiology