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Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Causes of Pericardial ... Effusion - Differential ... Mediterranean Fever ... : Lung Cancer, Breast ... #cardiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions ... : lung cancer, breast ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... Mediterranean fever ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
dengue severity classification ... has traveled to areas ... days and presents fever ... and no apparent focus ... organs #dengue #fever
Malignant Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram

Which of the following is the most common etiology for this
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... particularly lung, breast ... the most common cause ... the most common cause ... #Cardiology #clinical
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
underlying cause ... interventional radiology ... , shortness of breath ... , shortness of breath ... , SOB, pleural effusions
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... - shock->treatments ... stop, reverse and treat ... before beginning treatment ... #typea #typeb #classification
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
advising us to treat ... the primary cause ... time for coronary perfusion ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment