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Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... Metastatic: Lung Cancer ... , Breast Cancer, ... #cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... metastatic spread: lung cancer ... , breast cancer, ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Emphysema • Cancer ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion ... #Causes
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... NOT distended on ultrasound ... Fibrosis • Cancer ... #Causes #Urology
Genital Skin Ulcers - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Painful:
 • Herpes simplex
 • Haemophilus ducreyi (chancroid)
 • Behcet's
Genital Skin Ulcers ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Primary syphilis (chancre ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Constipation • Prostate cancer ... Family history, ultrasound ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
complex • Nodular/Masses ... spp., NHL; Lung cancer ... Parapneumonic effusion ... Bronchoalveolar cancer ... diagnosis #chestCT #radiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pleural Effusion ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
of blood, pus, effusion ... • Call for ultrasound ... re-assess using ultrasound ... drape overlying skin ... • Ideally use ultrasound
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Algorithm - Approach ... ear (unexplained effusions ... pain, pleural effusion ... nose (epistaxis), skin ... Nephrocalcinosis causes