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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis - CAD ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Chest Wall/Airways ... #Differential #Diagnosis
On the left a patient who had a CT to rule out pulmonary embolism.
There is a
a patient who had ... a CT to rule out ... pulmonary embolism ... The diagnosis based ... on this CT was
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
collapsed distal airways ... alveoli as seen in pulmonary ... Bronchophony: • "Say ... Lung #Findings #Pulmonary ... #PhysicalExam #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
stigmata of cor pulmonale ... • Pulmonary artery ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... high-resolution chest CT ... #differential #diagnosis
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Heart failure - CAD ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... of Dyspnea: • Airways ... #differential #diagnosis
COVID-19 Patterns of Lung Findings on Chest CT
1. Reverse Halo Sign
2. ARDS
3. Crazy-Paving Pattern
4. Bilateral Peripheral
Findings on Chest CT ... Airway Changes ( ... Patterns #Lung #Pulmonary ... radiology #CTChest #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
dilation of an airway ... CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... tapering of the airway ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Kussmaul Breathing in Lactic Acidosis
Acute non-cardiopulmonary dyspnoea. 70 ys, DM, vomiting and URQ abdominal pain since
tachypnoeic (see video ... On CT scan, abdominal ... The patient had ... Respirations #Clinical #Video ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
examination, he had ... obstructing the airway ... lumen (Video 2) ... A diagnosis of laryngocele ... laryngoscope #radiology #CT
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
fumigatus in the airways ... response leading to airway ... CAN YOU SEE ON CT ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management