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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... failure - CAD/ACS ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... Guillain Barre - ALS ... #sob #differential
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... #Causes
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... of Dyspnea - Differential ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Tumor, Pleural effusion ... Cardiovascular: • Acute: ACS
Pericardial Effusion seen during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient was given an anesthetic and became unresponsive
Pericardial Effusion ... patient presented in cardiac ... Case credit @BrianKohen ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #ACLS #Intraarrest
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... : Amyloidosis (AL ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Glucose/Temp • ACS ... Bradycardia Cardiac ... syndrome • Post cardiac ... #diagnosis #causes
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... treat the primary cause ... “one size fits all ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram