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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Pneumonia, Aspiration, Hemorrhage ... Valvular disease, Tamponade ... dysfunction, Goiter Abdominal ... , Intra-abdominal ... Ascites, Pregnancy, Abdominal
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Pericardial • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal
Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Positive FAST exam ... got us hooked on POCUS ... Morrisons #pouch #Hemorrhage ... #pocus #ultrasound ... #clinical #abdominalus
Pericardial Clot on Echocardiogram

ST elevation of acute pericarditis was misdiagnosed as STEMI and thrombolysed with SK
ST elevation of acute ... Patient developed hemorrhagic ... pericardial effusion ... large clot and tamponade ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Edema, Alveolar Hemorrhage ... • Impaired Diffusion ... Embolism, Emphysema, Positive
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic ... - Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... #ABDOMEN #Differential ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... • Abdominal migraine ... extremities; ~50% abdominal ... pain • Abdominal ... #Rare #Causes #Abdominal
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Intravascular volume): • Hemorrhage ... heart failure, acute ... tension PTX, cardiac tamponade ... release syndrome, infusion
Ruptured Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound

Young female.  Lower abdominal pain/VB.  UCG pos. Soft
Lower abdominal ... Diagnosis/differential ... Don't assume that acute ... hemorrhage is anechoic
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage ... Diagnosis/differential ... adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage ... No other intra-abdominal ... #FAST #Positive