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Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
• Enduring pattern ... control • The pattern ... situations • The pattern ... functioning • The pattern ... adolescence • The pattern
An Approach to Acute Dyspnea - Diagnostic Framework

From the HPI, PMH, vitals, focused physical exam (e.g.
physical exam (e.g ... one of 8 basic patterns ... Acute #Workup #Algorithm
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
correlation in normal lung ... congestion, rheumatoid lung ... Notes: (A) Normal lung ... artifact); (G) UIP pattern ... Diagnosis #HRCT #POCUS
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... vascular diseases (e.g
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
know that the lungs ... see heterogenous patterns ... ARDS where 6 ml/kg ... volumes. 6 ml/kg ... away with 3-4 ml/kg
Anaplastic large cell lymphoma, ALK+
Clinical
 • First 3 decades of life, M>F
 • Often nodal +
, soft tissue, lungs ... Lymphohistiocytic pattern ... • Small cell pattern ... • Hodgkin-like pattern ... • Composite pattern
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... PHANTOMS): • Pattern ... symptoms and signs (e.g ... CNS infection (e.g ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS

1&4: Diffuse B Line pattern with skipped segments and alveolar shred / small
COVID-19 on Lung ... POCUS 1&4: Diffuse ... B Line pattern ... Lichtenstein’s Light Beam pattern ... #POCUS #Ultrasound
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
of the type and pattern ... corticosteroids; LABA = long-acting ... agonist; LAMA = long-acting ... #Differences #Algorithm
COVID-19 POCUS

96 yrs old, discharged 3 wks ago for CAP, treated with amox/clav then cefixime. Returns
COVID-19 POCUS ... ultrasound bilateral pattern ... drmarcogarrone #COVID19 #POCUS ... #Clinical #Lung