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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... Myocarditis - CAD/ACS ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... #Pain #ChestPain ... #Cardiology
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
This Patient With Chest ... : The Rational Clinical ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... Typical #Atypical #ChestPain
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Source: Fanaroff AC ... : The Rational Clinical ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ACS ... Typical #Atypical #ChestPain
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Radiology • Miliary ... Diagnosis of Miliary ... #Radiology #differential ... #CXR #clinical ... #CT
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... un lymphatic Diagnostic ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... Pharmacology: • ACE
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... dependent DM ACS ... event, follow ACC ... indication of AC ... • <12mo since ACS
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... by 24 hours or longer ... PRES-Associated Clinical ... circulation: MCA ACA ... Reversible course Differential
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Imaging - CT Chest ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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in HIV / AIDS - Differential ... should be based on clinical ... enhancement on CT ... effect/Edema • EBV ... CNS #Infections #differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... May have typical HF ... • Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... support for patients clinically ... GDMT meds (e.g., ACE