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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... • Biliary Disease ... • Peptic Ulcer Disease ... • Trauma - Neurologic ... Noncardiac #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Demyelinating Disease ... heavy metals), Critical ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup Clinical ... - Pain (back, chest ... Inflammatory diseases ... Diagnosis #Workup #Differential ... #Causes
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
structural heart disease ... syncope (ruling out differential ... further guide management ... should be guided by clinical ... the underlying disease
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
or the anterior chest ... auricular papules Clinical ... severity of the disease ... prevalence of RP-ILD Phenotype ... muscle weakness Phenotype
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... based on repeat clinic ... Renal Parenchymal Diseases ... HTN #Secondary #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Renal parenchymal disease ... Neurologic disorders ... #Differential #
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 ... Differential Bilat ... interstitial lung disease ... #clinical #ultrasound
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia is usually caused ... the underlying cause ... vaptans (HF/liver disease ... Diagnosis #Treatment #management ... #nephrology #sodium