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Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... lack lung rales ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... #management #cardiology
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis and Stages

Clinical Presentation
- Exertional dyspnea
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- HF Symptoms (orthopnea, PND,
Exertional dyspnea - Chest ... Palpitations - HF ... #Stages #Management ... #Signs #Symptoms ... #Cardiology
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Targeted Exam: Mental Status ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
be graded into stages ... features on the chest ... chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Based on the images ... between these chest ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
basins, midwestern states ... adjacent to the focus ... pleural fluid, BAL, CSF ... 2) Culture 3) Ag ... #management #treatment
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Patient states he ... Vital signs: BP ... x-ray (CXR), try ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary