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Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... So we are dealing ... the differential diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
= nonspecific (nausea ... , vomiting, abdominal ... AP, ↑INR, ↑BUN/Cr ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Maternal Support - Critical
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
post-arrest intra-abdominal ... towards cardiac causes ... #Laceration #cpr ... #POCUS #clinical ... #trauma #ultrasound
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Lobar pneumonia ... disease, that is so ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... patient’s absolute SBP ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... Trauma • Heart ... #cardiology
Small Bowel Obstruction and Ascites on POCUS

This patient drove to the ED complaining of 2 hours
Resolution: Nausea ... hemoperitoneum from trauma—every ... Labeled Schematic ... Ascites #POCUS #Abdominal ... #clinical #ultrasound
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Rhabdomyolysis: • Trauma ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... ) • AKI: BUN/Cr
Handlebar Traumatic Injury 
Young girl presents to you after low energy, helmeted bicycle accident. Her vitals
re-exams (normal CXR ... concern for blunt abdominal ... Severe abdominal ... time and multiple abdominal ... #Injury #clinical
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
CT abdomen if abdominal ... Treat underlying cause ... interventional radiology ... pulmonary opacities, SOB ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
a chest x-ray (CXR ... not seen on a CXR ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver ... #Radiology #CTChest