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Type A Dissection on POCUS (PLAX view)

39 yo M w CP drops his BP in ED.
Type A Dissection ... on POCUS (PLAX ... What's the Diagnosis ... #Dissection #Aortic ... PLAX #Clinical #Ultrasound
Relevant Sonopathology of the Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX) - Point of Care Ultrasound
 - Right Ventricular
the Parasternal Long ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... Dissection - Aortic ... @emspocus #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Carotid Artery Dissection on POCUS - Long Axis

Type A Aortic Dissection with neck pain... normal neurological
on POCUS - Long ... Axis Type A ... Aortic Dissection ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Neck
Anisocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physiological - Simple Anisocoria ( <O.5mm)
 - Anisocoria equal
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Trauma • Tumor (Lung ... , Breast, Thyroid ... Headache • Carotid Dissection ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Primary ... (most common: lung ... Referred Pain: • Aorta ... : Dissection, Aneurysm
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Diagnosis Framework ... metastatic spread: lung ... cancer, breast ... infarction • Aortic ... dissection - proximal
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Leukemia Lung ... Radiation Aortic ... dissection (with ... #Pericarditis #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... Areas of diagnostic ... disease; T2DM, type ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
DEMYELINATING DISEASES OF THE CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

What Are Demyelinating Diseases?
• Conditions that damage myelin, the protective
• Clinical Types ... • Target areas ... plasma exchange; long-term ... neurology #CNS #Differential ... #Diagnosis