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Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Chest Pain Diagnosis ... and Management ... Pneumothorax: - Hx: Acute ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #differential
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Thickening/Masses Chest
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
apart): Cough, Dyspnea ... Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... , C3, C4, anti-CCP ... • CXR (diffuse ... high resolution chest
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
Diagnosis Framework ... Hoarseness • Chest ... venous circulation (chest ... , chest pain, or ... Hyperuricemia • Acute
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
considered, like acute ... between these chest ... Lobar pneumonia ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
important finding on a chest ... has a limited differential ... diagnosis. ... #CXR #Lobar #Collapse ... #Patterns #Comparison
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework ... • Pleuritic chest ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... breath, Fatigue, Chest ... Pneumonia: • Chest
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
disease: Pleuritic chest ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Blood cultures • CXR ... level seen • Chest ... treatment until the chest
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms: dyspnea ... Chest x-ray: signs ... → no signs of CXR ... Consider cardiac ... #management #cardiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... , cough, chest pain ... neuropathy or cardiac