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Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... Abscess: • Head ... • Thoracic • Abdominal ... Non-Infectious Other: • Heat ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Gastroschisis on POCUS

Common ED complaint--VB/OB.  G1P0.  No heart tones heard so POCUS done.
Gastroschisis on POCUS ... No heart tones heard ... so POCUS done. ... Note abdominal wall ... Always explain POCUS
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... View (A5C) • SC Abdominal ... Doppler #Anatomy #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #Heart
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS ... with severe RUQ abdominal ... as shown in the case ... duodenal #ulcer #RUQ #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #Abdominal
Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Localized: 
 • Cervical: EBV, CMV, HIV, Toxo, TB, Lymphoma, Head /
TB, Lymphoma, Head ... Node, Thoracic or Abdominal ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
stroke • Severe nausea ... Hypertension with normal heart ... pressure, SAH, tentorial ... nerve palsy - Tentorial ... signs #symptoms #clues
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... Valvular disease Head ... dysfunction, Goiter Abdominal ... Ascites, Intra-abdominal ... Acute #Chronic #Causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... Trauma • Heart ... Pathophysiology #causes
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Carboxyhemoglobin Heart ... Disease • Cyanotic Heart ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... malignancy and heart ... more than one cause ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... Cirrhosis, Malignancy, Heart