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Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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overload - Acute filling ... Heart #Failure #Differential
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Once pseudohypokalemia is ruled out, causes of hypokalemia can be
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Decreased filling ... #Hypokalemia #Differential
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Heart Failure - Differential ... Impaired Diastolic Filling ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Differential
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
represents: - Filling ... space disease (filling ... #GroundGlass #Differential
Confabulation
What? Honest Lie.  
No incoming sensory information + Filling of the blanks with different information
information + Filling ... Confabulation #differential
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Differential diagnosis ... abnormalities, filling ... opacity due to filling ... Carcinomatosis #Mimic #Differential
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
very important to differentiate ... will limit the differential ... characterized by filling ... Acute #Chronic #Differential
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... Tachycardia (inadequate filling ... #hypotensive #differential
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential ... inspiration, this finding ... dysfunction, impaired RV filling ... diagnosis #cardiology #differential
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Differential Diagnosis ... contamination, under filling ... Causes #diagnosis #differential