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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... failure - CAD/ACS ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... Guillain Barre - ALS ... #differential #diagnosis
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... to identifying ACS ... #ChestPain #ACS ... #Evaluation #diagnosis ... Algorithm #cardiology #Angina
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Coronary Syndrome (ACS ... , Unstable Angina ... thrombus formation causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #ACS #Unstable
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
patients with Stable Angina ... coronary syndrome (ACS ... ISCHEMIA #Stable #Angina ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #EBM
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina ... younger than other ACS ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... Coronary) #HsTs #acls ... #differential #diagnosis ... #arrest #management
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cardiovascular Causes ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... flare, Pleural effusion ... Cardiovascular: • Acute: ACS ... Encephalitis • Chronic: ALS
Pericardial Effusion seen during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient was given an anesthetic and became unresponsive
Pericardial Effusion ... best choice for management ... Case credit @BrianKohen ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #ACLS #Intraarrest
Lung POCUS for diagnosis of Acute Chest Syndrome (ACS) - Visual Abstract
How accurate is point of
Chest Syndrome (ACS ... point of care lung ultrasound ... in diagnosing ACS ... #lung #POCUS #ultrasound ... #diagnosis #ebm