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Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential ... Diagnosis • ... Vascular: Aortic ... ex: duplicated SVC ... Nodule / mass • Masses
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... : • Vascular masses ... - Pericardial ... #Diagnosis #causes
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
in blood flow caused ... tamponade, or tension ... Depends on the cause ... Tamponade: pericardial ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Tamponade* •
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Diagnosis Framework ... Volume x Peripheral Vascular ... Pulmonary embolism • Pericardial ... tamponade • Tension ... #diagnosis #causes
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - A4C Pt sent to ... #Effusion #Cardiac ... #Tamponade #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Pericarditis on POCUS ... you see on this SC ... could pinpoint the cause ... can be seen in tamponade ... Had diagnostic tap-fever
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... injury Cardiac ... Posttraumatic Collagen vascular ... #Pericarditis #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
) • Shawl sign ... • Pericarditis/Pericardial ... tamponade • Conduction ... statins - probably caused ... weakness • Severe cardiac