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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Pulmonary HTN - Vasculitis ... Dyspnea: • Chest Wall ... Deconditioning - Pain ... #dyspnea #sob
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Intra-Renal: • Vascular ... Emboli, Thrombosis, Vasculitis ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... • Abdominal wall ... aneurysms • Acute ... #Causes #Differential
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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- Differential ... tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... pulse deficits vascular ... pain • HTN • ... tract, and often causes ... Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
patient’s absolute SBP ... Pregnancy • Well-conditioned ... : • Valvular disorders ... Diagnoses: • Acute ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
pain, and palpable ... Not reliable, so ... • Should be on differential ... patients with acute ... Management #Summary #vascular
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
acquired dermal macular ... of necrotizing vasculitis ... children with acute ... B19 infection (so-called ... comparison #table #differential
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology # ... approach #workup #differential