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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
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
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... lymphadenopathy more diffuse ... age range • High ... Treated Like Acute ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Low Magnesium, High ... Infiltrative disorders, HIV ... Hyperphosphatemia, Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
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
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Atherosclerosis) • Aortic dissection ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... regurgitation • High ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
women • DDx: Acute ... STEMI, Aortic dissection ... peri/myocarditis (diffuse ... STE, diffuse PR ... proximal LAD or high
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... history of cancer, HIV ... Stroke, carotid dissection ... arteritis • Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management Algorithm ... diaphoresis Aortic Dissection ... caustic ingestion, HIV ... Pneumothorax: - Hx: Acute ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
Podocytopathies - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

No podocytopenia - EM shows minimal change disease
 • Minimal Change Nephropathy
Podocytopenia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... podocytopenia - EM ... sclersosis • FSGS Tip ... sclerosis • Low - Diffuse ... Sclerosis • High