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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Vascular: - Aortic dissection ... - Spasm - Obstruction ... Pain #ChestPain #Differential ... Diagnosis #Causes #Cardiology
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
- Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... ACUTE #ABDOMEN #Differential ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway Obstruction ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Distention Pulmonary ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Abnormalities - Differential ... Unequal/DeIayed: • Obstructive ... Atherosclerosis) • Aortic dissection ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Causes: - Outflow Obstruction ... • Aortic Dissection ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... sensitivity for obstruction ... causes of flank or abdominal ... scan) when an ultrasound ... stones #calculus #Radiology
Abdominal Distention - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Ascites
Bowel Dilatation
Other Causes
Mechanical Obstruction
 • Adhesions 60%
 • Volvulus 3%
 •
Abdominal Distention ... - Differential ... Causes Mechanical Obstruction ... Herniation 10% Pseudo-obstruction ... #Distention #Differential
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... • Obstructive
Iguapoo Falls
Small bowel obstruction with a steep precipice and tumbling feces. We call this Iguapoo falls.
Falls Small bowel obstruction ... Chief, Division of Ultrasound ... Fellowship #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS ... #SBO #Obstruction
Small Bowel Obstruction
67 y/o M with PMH colon cancer s/p resection and colostomy, multiple SBO managed
Small Bowel Obstruction ... and increasing abdominal ... distention. ... Medicine #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS