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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs ... Management Clinical ... AL) - Kussmaul sign ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... pseudoinfarct pattern
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... PHANTOMS): • Pattern ... • Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... involvement, irregular pattern ... #Classification ... #differential #algorithm
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
Tree in Bud Sign ... The Tree-in-Bud sign ... linear branching pattern ... connective tissue disorders ... #diagnosis #clinical
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... and obstructive pattern ... myeloproliferative disorders ... disease, thyroid disorders ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification
Hyperkalemia (7.2) on ECG

HyperK is known as the Great Masquerader on ECG bc it can take
Hyperkalemia (7.2) on ECG ... Masquerader on ECG ... many different patterns ... The telltale sign ... #Clinical #Cardiology
Borderline Personality Disorder: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Behavioral Traits:
 • Unstable Relationships - Alternating extremes of idealization
Borderline Personality Disorder ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... reactivity of mood (eg ... adolescence, inflexible pattern ... Psychiatry #Criteria #Signs
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Non-neuromuscular disorder ... Lack of UMN/LMN signs ... changes - Common pattern ... • Inflammatory disorders ... electromyographic (EMG
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... /or suspicious clinical ... symptoms/signs ... evaluation of the pattern ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
STE: "Pardee's sign ... Early-repolarization pattern ... leads • S1Q3T3 pattern ... Electrolyte Disorders ... diagnosis #cardiology #ecg