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Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Long-standing vs ... Recurrent: Consider tumor ... genitourinary causes ... intolerance • SIBO
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... edema, blood or tumor ... UIP, NSIP and long ... the alveoli and cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... View (A5C) • SC Abdominal ... Aorta Long Axis ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Ground Glass Opacities on Lung CT - Pathophysiology
Ground glass opacity lung is denser (whiter) than normal
Glass Opacities on Lung ... glass opacity lung ... often, GGO is caused ... fill alveoli, so ... Pathophysiology #Radiology
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
appearance of lung ... bronchial obstruction caused ... an obstructing tumor ... structures in the right lung ... #Clinical #Radiology
Adrenal Insufficiency - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency:
Most Common Cause in the US: Autoimmune Adrenalitis
Other
: Most Common Cause ... Adrenalitis Other causes ... ) w/ anorexia, abdominal ... Insufficiency: Long-term ... including: pituitary tumor
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
inflammation or tumor ... So ground-glass ... or interstitial lung ... bronchiolitis #Diagnosis #Radiology
Acute Atrial Fibrillation - Initial Options for Rate Control
Diltiazem IV
 •  Rapid onset and rapidly
NO oral form, so ... IV bolus can cause ... toxicities with long-term ... • Does not cause ... pharmacology #management #cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
patient’s absolute SBP ... Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... #cardiology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... infections Lungs ... to NTM: Chronic lung ... including therapy with tumor ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal