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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... • Chronic Lung ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... • ↑ Mechanical stress ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... Increased mechanical stress ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
AECOPD) Obtain workup ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... other processes Workup ... studies legionella/strep ... , HIV • CTD workup ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... in cardiogenic pulmonary ... causing acute distress ... Revascularization, treatment ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
to determine if stress ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung ... thoracic surgery Stress ... , preoperative stress
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... factors + oxidative stress ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
American male in mild distress ... This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary