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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Disease • Diffuse ... • Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (AIP) ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Diseases #ILD #diagnosis ... #causes
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... granulomatosis - Churg-Strauss ... chemotherapy #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonology ... #Diffuse #Lung
Acute Pharyngitis: Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Respiratory viruses (25-45%)
 • Group A Strep (5-15%)
 • Other bacteria:
: Differential Diagnosis ... 45%) • Group A Strep ... Treponema pallidum • Diffuse ... Exposure to dry air ... #causes
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... Ketoacidosis) • Sickle ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... #Diffuse #Acute
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... - Dynamic air ... the severity Acute ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... diffuse, inflammatory ... to increased pulmonary ... the underlying cause ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial ... rare idiopathic lung ... syndrome (ARDS) ... suggestive of the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Causes include: ... syndrome (ARDS) ... lung injury (TRALI ... #cardiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
• ↑ Mechanical stress ... edema in acute ... Increased mechanical stress ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology