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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 ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Body • Pleural Effusion ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... Pain #ChestPain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Differential Diagnosis for Hemolytic Anemia
Intrinsic Causes:
 • Enzyme deficiencies ex. G6PD, pyruvate kinase 
 • Hemoglobinopathies
Differential Diagnosis ... SCD, thalassemias ... bites • IVIG infusion ... Hemolytic #Anemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Heart failure - CAD ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #diagnosis #causes
Causes of Cyanosis in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Peripheral Only:
 • Poor Perfusion
 • Acrocyanosis
Hemoglobinopathy:
the Newborn - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Only: • Poor Perfusion ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Diagnosis Pulmonary ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... Pericarditis, CAD ... #Diagnosis
Retinal Vasculitis in Takayasu’s Arteritis- ...Ophthalmologic examination revealed severe impairment, with perception of only light in
Panel A, and see Video ... leads to decreased perfusion ... retinal blood flow had ... See source for videos ... #NEJM #clinical
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
examination, he had ... was performed (Video ... airway lumen (Video ... A diagnosis of laryngocele ... #NEJM #clinical
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
met: z score of LAD ... regurgitation, pericardial effusion ... or z scores in LAD ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki