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Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
- Classification ... and Differential ... #Diseases #Classification ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Cardiology #Cyanotic
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Rheumatic disorders ... • Celiac disease ... effect following treatment
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Kidney Disease ... of Renovascular disease ... Medullary cystic disease ... Hyperphosphatemia #CKD ... #Nephrology #Differential
Causes of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Primary Myocardial Processes (> 90%):
 • Acquired structural heart disease: CAD, Most
structural heart disease ... : CAD, Most cardiomyopathies ... Congenital heart disease ... structural heart disease ... Cardiac #Arrest #cardiology
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Colonic Thumbprint ... Abdominal XRay - Differential ... inflammatory bowel disease ... : UC and CD • infection ... #Diagnosis #radiology
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cushing's Disease ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... Disease • GI ... endocrinology #causes #pediatrics
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Renal parenchymal disease ... - CKD, AKI, Glomerulonephritis ... • Renovascular disease ... Cushing syndrome or disease ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease ... • Biliary Disease ... • Peptic Ulcer Disease ... • Somatoform Disorder ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Pericarditis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Reactive • Primary CTD ... connective tissue disease ... #Causes #Cardiology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Chronic pulmonary ... diseases • Arteriovenous ... coronary heart disease ... Worse outcomes in CKD ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology