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Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... Less Specific Signs ... Chest x-ray: signs ... acute HF → no signs ... #management #cardiology
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
features on the chest ... logical sequence of signs ... In daily clinical ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Findings #Signs
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
external factors • Median ... in the knee-to-chest ... Positive Carnett's sign ... Radicular pain - History ... #diagnosis
On the left a chest film of a 19 year old patient with Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
The
On the left a chest ... findig on the chest ... the central dot sign ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
renal failure Clinical ... e.g. incidental CXR ... • Natural history ... , cough, chest pain ... #Management #Signs
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
starts with a good history ... Signs of poor perfusion ... Signs of congestion ... with presence of pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... Phos), CBC with differential ... or TSH level if symptoms ... monitoring (vital signs ... #CriticalCare
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia Signs ... /Symptoms: • Confusion ... • Pleuritic chest ... infiltrate by chest ... #Pulmonary #Community
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest