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Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Features That Differentiate ... pain from acute ... chest pain may ... Pericarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... Presentation #comparison #Table
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... • Is there a pattern ... noninflammatory Signs ... an asymmetric pattern ... #Differential #
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Angina • Acute
Eczematous Skin Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Eczematous - Pruritic/Scaly/Erythematous lesions. Usually poorly demarcated
 • Atopic Dermatitis
Eczematous Skin Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... and vesicles (acute ... lichenification (chronic ... scalp/face/central chest
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
) - Previous chronic ... customary headache patterns ... lesions in other areas ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Mediterranean areas ... by serositis • Acute ... in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... #differential #
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
but stable or chronic ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... pain 3. ... (2-5%), liver (pain ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis (2)
The case on the left shows an inspiratory and expiratory scan: the mosaic
Chronic hypersensitivity ... scan: the mosaic pattern ... Signs of fibrosis ... included in the differential ... Clinical #Radiology #CTChest
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
duodenum Clinical Signs ... Bleeding, abdominal pain ... • Should be on differential ... intervention, no matter ... patients with acute
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
globally, excluding areas ... DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... flare; chest pain ... syndrome - chronic ... dominant inheritance pattern