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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Obstruction • Aortic ... Dissection ... • Muscular Injury ... • Trauma - Neurologic
Carotid Artery Dissection on POCUS

Type A Aortic Dissection with neck pain... normal neurological exam! Right Carotid
POCUS Type A Aortic ... Dissection with ... neck pain... normal ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #Neck #Transverse
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... infarction • Aortic ... dissection • ... EKG • Bedside ultrasound
Type A Aortic Dissection with Hemopericardium

This patient presents with chest pain. Which is the best next
Type A Aortic Dissection ... presents with chest pain ... #Dissection #TypeA ... #PLAX #Echocardiogram ... POCUS #Clinical #Ultrasound
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
He had no chest pain ... Beside ultrasound ... In this case, the ... widening of the aortic ... dissection.- Michael
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Immune mediated injury ... Post-infectious GN - Loin pain ... syndrome: • Flank pain ... renal vein between aorta ... #urology #nephrology
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... Musculoligamentous injury ... Inflammatory back pain ... : • Aorta: Dissection ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
Manifestations • Optic ... Scotoma, Ocular pain ... involvement: Intractable nausea ... Many others • Transverse ... Manifestations #diagnosis #neurology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Presentation: Injury ... or without back pain ... • Infectious causes ... for brain and/or optic ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Spinal Cord Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Spinal cord neurological lesion:
Clinical findings:
 • Symptoms and signs below
below the site of injury ... continence • Pain ... Non-compressive Spinal Cord Causes ... sclerosis - Transverse ... disorders #diagnosis #neurology