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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... • Pulmonary Embolism ... RHF #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
newborn vital signs ... score remains low ... child will develop long-term ... neurologic damage ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
- Lung point ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... sliding Pulmonary Embolism ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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Vascular Joint Pain ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm - ... e.g. fractured long ... Marfan's Syndrome
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... angiography if low ... Jcortesizaguirr #HFrEF #heartfailure ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... INSPIRED OXYGEN • Low ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... COPD, pulmonary embolus ... hepatopulmonary syndrome
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of congestion ... acute coronary syndrome ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... table #foamed #heartfailure
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
STE: "Pardee's sign ... notch at the J point ... complex Pulmonary Embolism ... ) and low-amplitude ... #cardiology #ecg
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
- Differential Diagnosis ... papules and Gottron sign ... ) • Shawl sign ... : Fever, joint pain ... or ALS • Very slow
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
- Pulmonary embolism ... positive Romberg sign ... muscle wasting, slow ... Recurrent #Falls #Diagnosis ... Evaluation #Geriatrics #Neurology