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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
• Trauma - Neurologic ... • Herpes Simplex ... Virus/Post-Herpetic ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain ... #Noncardiac #Cardiology
QA of the Day: Not a lava lamp, HUGE complex hydrocele
#Clinical	#EM #Radiology #Urology	#POCUS #Scrotom #ScrotalUS #Complex
lava lamp, HUGE complex ... hydrocele #Clinical #EM ... #Radiology #Urology ... #POCUS #Scrotom ... #ScrotalUS #Complex
A complex heterogenous fluid collection (*) and scrotal wall thickening (arrow) #Clinical #EM #Urology #Radiology #POCUS
A complex heterogenous ... arrow) #Clinical #EM ... #Urology #Radiology ... #POCUS #Scrotal
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN) AKA: Mesangiocapillary GN
 • Active Urine Sediment (dysmorphic RBC, RBC casts, +/- proteinuria)
walls Immune-Complex ... immune deposits on EM ... anti-phospholipid syndrome ... Glomerulonephritis #MPGN #nephrology
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
virus, Junin virus ... , herpes simplex ... virus 2. ... Churg-Strauss syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Hyperemic epididymis suggestive of epididymitis (E) and a complex fluid collection with internal echoes and septations
epididymitis (E) and a complex ... pyocele #Clinical #EM ... #Urology #Radiology ... #POCUS #Epididymis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... COVID 19 - Zika virus ... walking to nearly complete ... Miller Fisher Syndrome ... management #treatment #neurology
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... the ED to help focus ... Diagnosis #Management #Cardiology ... Stratification #ChestPain
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... , Epstein-Barr virus ... walking to nearly complete ... Guillain #Barre #Syndrome ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Hearing Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hearing Loss Types:
• Conductive
• Sensorineural
• Mixed
Presbycusis is the most common type
include a: • Neurologic ... tympanic membrane • Neurologic ... II ○ Susac’s syndrome ... Streptococcus ○ Herpes simplex ... zoster virus