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Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
- Elevated Troponin ... Differential Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... • Chronic Myocardial ... (ie Sarcoid), Chronic
Photophobia and Headache - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Why?
• The coexistence of photophobia and headache suggests the potential
- Differential ... without aura - Chronic ... Traumatic brain injury ... meningeal irritation signs ... : - Acute angle-closure
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
at home or at work ... ) - acute angle ... late pregnancy or postpartum ... Fatal #Dangerous #Deadly ... #Differential
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
) - Previous chronic ... serotonergic drugs - Postpartum ... - Traumatic injury ... #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... hemolytic anemia, PNH ... : • Early acute ... hepatitis • Acute ... #differential #
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Chronic Lymphocytic ... Physical Exam/Signs ... Elevated LDH 5. ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... STE: "Pardee's sign ... " + PPD • Opposing ... (Eiffel Tower sign ... segment becomes elevated