10 results
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Aortic Dissection ... • Trauma - Neurologic ... Radiculopathy #ChestPain
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
important, as early ... diagnosis and treatment ... #Syndromes #neurology ... #inflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
Diagnostic approach ... X-ray - Lung ultrasound ... viral pathogens (ideally ... should be performed ... - CBC with differential
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
cervical artery dissection ... thrombophilia, neurologic ... postpartum #Diagnosis ... Fatal #Dangerous #Deadly ... #Differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
important, as early ... with aura #BEE ... #Syndromes #neurology ... noninflammatory #differential ... #diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
box wide, can be ... STEMI, Aortic dissection ... inversion in avL - early ... Ischemia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... Interpretation #differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Toxoplasma gondii PCR nearly ... CNS #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #AIDS
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Acute aortic dissection ... Segment #Elevation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... Diagnosis: • ... at the elbow in direction ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #comatose #diagnosis
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic ... **Ideally, after ... #hypokalemia #diagnosis ... #differential # ... algorithm #nephrology