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Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
carcinoma of the lung ... SSRIs) Severe pain ... Suppressed - Advanced renal ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes #Sodium
Back Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Primary Back Pathology:
 • Musculoligamentous injury (a.k.a. lumbosacral strain)
 • Spondylosis (i.e.
Back Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Primary ... breast, prostate, renal ... Diagnosis #causes ... #primarycare #table
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... Diagnosis • Physiologic ... , Cholangitis, Acute ... #Diagnosis #radiology ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... the severity Acute ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #signs ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Bradycardia • Renal ... Chagas disease • Acute ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology #BRADI
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... obstruction - Able ... flank or abdominal pain ... for non-calculus causes ... scan) when an ultrasound
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... Diagnosis: Causes ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... or restrictive lung
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
Syndrome on Neck POCUS ... Differential/diagnosis ... Lemierre's Syndrome case ... On ultrasound note ... septic emboli in lungs
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... granulomas within the lungs ... , and possibly renal ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... , cough, chest pain
Pyonephrosis with large renal calculus on POCUS
Acute left flank pain with nausea and vomiting. What's the
calculus on POCUS ... Acute left flank ... pain with nausea ... What's the diagnosis ... #ultrasound #clinical