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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
pathognomonic signs ... So high index of ... clinical suspicion ... in up to 30% of cases ... Marantic #diagnosis #table
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of congestion ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Rockwood Clinical ... from whatever cause ... Even so, they seem ... stable and not ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... timing with Cardio-OB ... during Delivery • Stable
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
extraction is so ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... management #cardiology #clinica ... l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
extraction is so ... are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
performed, he is unable ... Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... does a better job