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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... score for PE • CTA ... MatthewHoMD #Chest ... #Pain #Diagnosis
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... Electrolytes including Ca ... differential - ABG ... #Workup #MICU # ... CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... BNP, Troponin), ABG ... , STAT CXR, CTA ... Chest, Echocardiogram ... #treatment #criticalcare
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
AECOPD) Obtain workup ... Echo, LE doppler, CTA ... /ABG Matthew ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
CXR +/- High res CT ... chest scan), CBC ... DFA sputum, LDH, ABG ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... Initial evaluation ... TTE +/- TEE) • Chest ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Epigastric abdominal pain ... Imaging findings Workup ... Imaging: US (biliary evaluation ... biliary, stones), CTA ... #Management #Treatment
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenia Gravis Evaluation ... - Chest X-ray ... Electrolytes (including Ca ... - Infectious workup ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
presents with pain ... Evaluation? ... + diff • CMP, Ca ... Bone marrow Treatment ... #Workup #Hematology