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Oropharyngeal and Esophageal Causes of Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
 • Neuromuscular causes: CVA/CNS tumor/ALS, Parkinson's,
of Dysphagia - Differential ... Muscular dystrophy • Structural ... cervical ring/web/stricture ... Plummer-Vinson Web, Strictures ... Esophageal #Dysphagia #Differential
Vertigo Differential Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Vertigo: Symptom of illusory movement because of asymmetry in the vestibular
Vertigo Differential ... central vestibular structures ... Management #Algorithm #neurology ... #Differential
Vaginal Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis
 - Pregnant - Early | Late (> 20 weeks)
 - Non-Pregnant
Vaginal Bleeding - Differential ... Non-Pregnant - Structural ... - Non-Structural ... Vaginal #Bleeding #Differential
Intubation Confirmation on POCUS

See the round, shadowing structures?
1. ET Tube in Trachea
2. NG Tube in Esophagus

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Confirmation on POCUS ... round, shadowing structures ... #Confirmation #POCUS
Dysphagia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Oropharyngeal Dysphagia
Structural
 • Tumors
 • Zenker's Diverticulum
 • Foreign Bodv
Neuromuscular Toxic/Metabolic
 • Myasthenia
Dysphagia Differential ... Oropharyngeal Dysphagia Structural ... Symptoms • Reflux Stricture ... #Dysphagia #Differential
Causes of Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis
Renal:
 - Glomerular - IgA Nephropathy, Thin basement membrane, Alport syndrome,
of Hematuria - Differential ... nephrocalcinosis, Trauma - Structural ... Malignancy, Calculi, Stricture ... Malignancy, Calculi, Stricture ... hematuria #Hematuria #Differential
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... drugs, Poisons • Structural ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #neurology
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
or4C 3) Region or Structures ... #Nomenclature #POCUS
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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cancer Urethral stricture ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
POCUS diagnosis of acute appendicitis:
(1) Blind-ended
(2) Target shaped tubular structure
(3) Originating from the cecum
(4) Non-compressible
(5) Non-peristalsing
POCUS diagnosis ... shaped tubular structure ... Appendix #Clinical #POCUS