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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Exudative Pleural Effusion ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics ... #Diagnosis #Effusion ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... pulmonary #im #radiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Body • Pleural Effusion ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
Classification and Differential ... Classification #Differential ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Cardiology #Cyanotic
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Pneumothorax - Effusion ... Pulmonary #Diseases #Radiology ... XRay #ChestCT #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... Hemopericardium)- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Hemopericardium #Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
ST depression & T wave inversion causes #Pathophys #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Differential #TWI #STD #TWaveInversion
causes #Pathophys #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... #EKG #Differential ... #TWI #STD #TWaveInversion
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
Pediatric Elbow Injuries - Elbow Xrays

Check the fat pads on the lateral projection:
1. A displaced anterior
Pediatric Elbow ... Not all joint effusions ... An effusion often ... Injuries #Xrays #Radiology ... #peds #Pediatrics
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