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Causes of Low Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Intrinsic Spine: Lumbar strain, Herniated nucleus pulposus, Compression fracture,
Causes of Low Back ... Pain - Differential ... Vascular - abdominal aortic ... aneurysm; • ... #primarycare #msk
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
is caused by a ... chest/abd/back pain ... disease • Cardiac ... aneurysm 3. ... Pulse deficit/differential
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
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- Differential ... e.g. fractured long ... Peripheral/Mycotic Aneurysm ... Vascular #JointPain #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Leg Pain - Differential ... Limb ischemia • Aortic ... /Iliac artery aneurysms ... #differential # ... lower #extremity #msk
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Causes - Differential ... Long-standing vs ... Epigastric: Consider cardiac ... • Abdominal aortic ... aneurysms • Acute
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest pain ... In this case, the ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... EM #Radiology #POCUS ... #CardiacUS #ParsternalLong
Lipohemarthrosis on POCUS
Pain in L knee after injury. Long axis in suprapatellar recess. What's the diagnosis?
Answer:
Pain in L knee ... Long axis in suprapatellar ... Lipohemarthrosis caused ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #msk #knee
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... , cough, chest pain ... neuropathy or cardiac ... anterior/posterior MSK
Aortic dissection on Cardiac CTA

This is a amazing gated CTA showing a real time cine clip
aneurysm. ... done for chest pain ... medically with BP ... will have chest pain ... CardiacCTA #CCTA #clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... stairs, brisk 4 mph ... Change in clinical ... risk (>5%): - Aortic ... unless prior heart/lung