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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... , worse at the bases ... inflammation Primary ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
Causes of Sudden ... Cardiac Arrest ... Primary Myocardial ... #Arrest #cardiology ... #differential #
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
- Differential ... - Thyroid - Lung ... Tumors #Tumours #MSK ... #Orthopedics #Causes ... #Oncology #Radiology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Embolism • Primary
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
3:1), and the base ... toxic substances primarily ... pulmonary apices caused ... #diseases #differential ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... IATROGENIC DISEASE ... metastatic spread: lung ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Differentials? ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
COPD lungs and bad ... encounter challenging cardiac ... and emphysema, ask ... subcostal as in this case ... Pseudoaneurysm #clinical #pocus
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... may involve MV base ... : Dilated CMP, long-standing ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Cardiology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... an underlying cause ... We may ask why are ... Ask some questions ... , this list is long