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Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • HPI: sudden onset, "tearing" chest pain, radiation to
Aortic Dissection ... Management Summary • HPI ... • Imaging: CTA Dissection ... protocol • Classification ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... dissection • ... Aortic aneurysm ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertension Management Algorithm ... Ischemic Stoke* • Aortic ... Dissection ... Failure • Acute ... Hypertension #Management #Algorithm
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm ... History and Exam Acute ... life-threatening causes: • Acute ... infarction • Aortic ... dissection
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... Ruptured abdominal aortic ... bowel syndrome #Diffuse ... #Acute #Abdominal
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
ultrasound got him ... widening of the aortic ... dissection.- Michael ... Macias, EM Resident ... University #Clinical #EM
Management of acute aortic dissection
#Management #Aortic #Dissection #Algorithm
Management of acute ... aortic dissection ... #Management #Aortic ... #Dissection #Algorithm
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Causes of Diffuse ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • CMV • HIV ... Fatigue • Acute ... Hodgkin's Lymphoma #Diffuse
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management Algorithm ... /V/diaphoresis Aortic ... Dissection: - ... caustic ingestion, HIV ... Pneumothorax: - Hx: Acute
Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) - Angiographic Classification
Type 1 - Multiple radiolucent lumen
Type 2A - Diffuse
Coronary Artery Dissection ... - Angiographic Classification ... lumen Type 2A - Diffuse ... extends to distal tip ... #SCAD #Classification