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Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
This Patient With Chest ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... LikelihoodRatios #LR ... Typical #Atypical #ChestPain
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
This Patient With Chest ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... LikelihoodRatios #LR ... Typical #Atypical #ChestPain
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... Diaphoresis (+LR ... SatyaPatelMD #ChestPain ... #diagnosis #Algorithm ... #cardiology #Angina
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... Pain: • Chest ... Other Causes of Chest ... #Pain #ChestPain
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
stratify low risk chest ... Here it is in all ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #HEART ... Score #RISK #MACE #ChestPain
Septic emboli
Septic emboli usually present as multiple ill-defined nodules.
In about 50% cavitation is seen.
CT demonstrates more
lesions than the chest ... can suggest the diagnosis ... The chest film shows ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Here are the most common examples of these four patterns on a chest x-ray (click image
patterns on a chest ... interstitial opacities - Fine ... Masses Atelectasis #Diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Consolidation
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Miliary Pattern - Chest ... Radiology • Miliary ... Miliary #Pattern #Chest ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Chest X-Ray Interpretation Checklist
Outline ALL bones
Check soft tissues
Assess heart borders
Is density, behind the heart the same
Chest X-Ray Interpretation ... radiologistpage #Chest ... #XRay #CXR #Interpretation ... #Checklist #radiology ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... • Pleuritic chest ... infiltrate by chest ... radiograph or CT ... Yield of blood CX