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Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumothorax (Tension ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... #Causes
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
T’s Mnemonic - Causes ... Tablets, Tamponade, Tension ... Thromboembolism (Pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #acls
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... Cardiac), Toxins, Tension ... Pneumothorax, Thrombosis (Pulmonary ... #HsTs #acls #differential ... #diagnosis #arrest
Underlying causes of PEA arrest: H’s and T’s 

Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ion (acidosis), Hypo/Hyper-kalemia, Hypothermia
Toxins, Tamponade,
Underlying causes ... Toxins, Tamponade, Tension ... acute, massive MI ... #arrest #HsTs #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Table
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Case description ... NOT OSD in all cases ... • MRI is more sensitive ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... patella #clinical #mri
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
 •
Hypotension / Shock Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... valvulopathy • Pulmonary ... tamponade • Tension ... #shock #causes
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Echocardiography, Cardiac MRI ... Karan Desai MD, MPH ... #Causes #differential
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
(LCDD), Cystic Pulmonary ... Bronchiolitis - Nick ... Lung #Disease #differential ... #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis by Classification ... exacerbation (any cause ... flow) - Massive pulmonary ... tamponade - Tension
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Sounds • Pulmonary ... Embolism • Tension ... #causes