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Light's Criteria for Pleural Effusions

#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Lights #Criteria #Pleural #Effusion #Differential

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Criteria for Pleural Effusions ... Criteria #Pleural #Effusion ... #Differential ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Massive Pericardial Effusion on Echocardiogram

I recently saw the largest pericardial effusion of my life. Something out
Massive Pericardial Effusion ... recently saw the largest ... pericardial effusion ... Something out of a text ... #Pericardial #Effusion
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... Renal ultrasound, Tests ... ) or IV saline infusion ... test with plasma ... #Hypertension #Differential
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Malignant pleural effusion ... Malignant pericardial effusion ... Changes in Pre-Test ... dyspnea #algorithm #differential
Sweep / Bulge Test for Knee Effusion

Video via @LearnPhysio

#Sweep #Bulge #Test #Knee #Effusion #clinical #video #physicalexam
Sweep / Bulge Test ... for Knee Effusion ... #Sweep #Bulge #Test ... #Knee #Effusion ... #clinical #video
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
PRE-RENAL Impaired perfusion ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Causes of Anemia with elevated Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Blood Smear
 •
Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Macrocytosis, Target ... Liver Function Tests ... Liver Function Tests ... #elevatedMCV #Differential
Patellar Ballottement Test for Knee Effusion on Physical Examination

With the patient supine, the leg can be
Patellar Ballottement Test ... tap is felt, a larger ... Video via @open_michigan ... #Ballottement #Test ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Medium and large ... pathognomonic laboratory tests ... Positive pathergy test ... is a skin prick test ... Behcet disease) Differential
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Emergencies - Differential ... • Dyspnea at rest ... Malignant Pericardial Effusion ... emergencies #oncology #differential