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Causes of Edema - Differential Diagnosis
Pitting Edema:
  ↑ Hydrostatic - Too Much Fluid
Causes of Edema ... Hydrostatic - Too ... Hydrostatic - Too ... Obstruction • Too ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Cardiovascular Causes ... Arrhythmia - Too ... fast - Too slow ... Tamponade Pulmonary Causes ... syndrome Other Causes
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
the first‐line tool ... predictive of all‐cause
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Pain Observation Tool ... CPOT) - Validated tool ... RASS) - Validated tool ... it should not cause ... dissociative drug, it causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... The most common causes ... - Many other causes ... clinical prognostic tool ... Causes of elevated
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Causes of Antibiotic ... Natural History: • Too ... to improve • Too
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... typically prolong PT too ... Pre-analytical cause ... aPTT #Prolonged #Causes
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
acyclovir in these cases ... HSV PCR would cause ... Various decision tools ... controversial, these tools ... published decision tools
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
Previously developed tools ... aimed to develop a tool ... from whatever cause
Hashitoxicosis

‘Leakage’ symptoms of active Hashimoto’s disease

- Hashitoxicosis (Htx) can occur during the initial hyperthyroid stage in
thyroiditis that causes ... thyroid may make too