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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound ... • CXR • CBC
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... Relative - Normal RBC ... Abnormal Abdominal Ultrasound ... Cyanosis without Pulmonary ... Apnea • Chronic Pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Family history, ultrasound ... Sterile pyuria, WBC ... casts, eosinophiluria ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Cardiovascular Causes ... • Myocarditis Pulmonary ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... present) • Pulmonary ... Disease • Peptic
POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
for the Use of Ultrasound ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Ddxof #Lung #Pulmonary
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
Secondary Causes ... hyperlipidemia Pelvic ... Priapism #Diagnosis #Management
Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal Pelvic Ultrasound

A 31yo female s/p tubal ligation presents with right lower
on Transvaginal Pelvic ... Ultrasound A ... will not change management ... #Transvaginal #Pelvic ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
coagulopathy) • CBC ... Goodpasture's cause ... gross hematuria, RBC ... casts, low grade ... differential #diagnosis #management
Pelvic Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS
Fever, low BP with lower abd pain x 8 days-worsening. WBC-28.9K. Pelvis
Pelvic Intraabdominal ... WBC-28.9K. ... Pelvis sag of RUSH ... RJonesSonoEM #Pelvic ... clinical #Abdominal #Ultrasound
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia Caused ... or iatrogenic causes ... Plan definitive management ... of underlying cause ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management