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Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
• Evaluate for signs ... • Evaluate for causes ... PH (left heart disease ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... diagnosis #cardiology #echocardiogram
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
Diagnosis and Workup ... - Pain (back, chest ... Inflammatory diseases ... #Differential # ... Causes
Summary table of common benign breast diseases and how to manage them. 
Fibroadenoma:
 • Most common
diseases and how ... bruising/erythema/sign ... mastitis • Usually caused ... #diseases #benign ... #differential #
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Kidney Injury - AKI Workup ... electrolytes, urea ... osmolarity If cause ... clinical context and signs ... #Injury #AKI #Workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
maintained fever CAUSES ... hyperthermia crisis (late sign ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... more than one cause ... dullness, puddle sign ... of underlying disease ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
The probable cause ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Differential # ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... renal bruit or signs ... Renal parenchymal disease ... #causes #Differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Evaluation - Chest ... Phos), CBC with differential ... - Infectious workup ... monitoring (vital signs
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Breathing • Check chest ... pressure as a cause ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup