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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Myopericarditis • Vascular ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... Pain: • Chest ... Costochondritis - Tietze syndrome
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
by serositis • Acute ... arcuate ligament syndrome ... patient is in the knee-to-chest ... and radicular pain ... #differential #
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential ... HF • Moderate pulmonary ... reflexes - Burning pain ... AV shunt, renal vascular ... Manifestations #Differential
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... Cathepsin G release → vascular ... effusions, weight gain ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... initiation • Differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pathologic Causes: • Valvular ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... Diagnoses: • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Infarction • Pulmonary
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
point • De Winter syndrome ... pain • Wellens ... pain • Hyperacute ... deviation) • Acute ... EKG #diagnosis #differential
Disseminated Actinomycosis- ...Computed tomography of the chest and abdomen revealed multiple pulmonary nodules (Panel A) associated
tomography of the chest ... multiple pulmonary ... with the use of video-assisted ... the bronchial vascular ... NEJM #clinical #radiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
Differential Diagnosis ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... failure • Dyspnea Vascular ... Cerebral > Splenic, Pulmonary ... Cholesterol emboli syndrome
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... myocarditis • Valvular ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... pain: Underlying ... #Differential #