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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria for diagnosis ... Exudative Pleural Effusion ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Effusion
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Body • Pleural Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocarditis - CAD ... dissection - SCAD ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pediatric Tachycardia with a Pulse and Poor Perfusion Algorithm
#Diagnosis #Management #PALS2015 #Tachycardia #SVT #Algorithm
Pediatric Tachycardia ... Pulse and Poor Perfusion ... Algorithm #Diagnosis
Pediatric Elbow Injuries - Elbow Xrays

Check the fat pads on the lateral projection:
1. A displaced anterior
Pediatric Elbow ... posterior fat pad ... Not all joint effusions ... An effusion often ... Radiology #peds #Pediatrics
Differential Diagnosis for Hemolytic Anemia
Intrinsic Causes:
 • Enzyme deficiencies ex. G6PD, pyruvate kinase 
 • Hemoglobinopathies
Differential Diagnosis ... SCD, thalassemias ... bites • IVIG infusion ... Rhogam • S/p IV infusion ... #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 ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #differential #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
has pericardial effusion ... Had echo done one ... with similar peri effusion ... Had diagnostic tap-fever
Causes of Cyanosis in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Peripheral Only:
 • Poor Perfusion
 • Acrocyanosis
Hemoglobinopathy:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Only: • Poor Perfusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Delirium Do's And Don'ts  Guideline

These are my delirium do’s and don’ts which I tweeted earlier,
based on ones I saw ... @dan26wales #Diagnosis ... #Management #Geriatrics