16 results
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... This Patient With Chest ... Pain Have Acute ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
Ratios for Symptoms ... This Patient With Chest ... Pain Have Acute ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Oncologic Emergencies - Differential Diagnosis Framework

HEMATOLOGIC ONCOLOGIC EMERGENCIES:
Hyperviscosity Syndrome:
 • Spontaneous bleeding
 • Shortness of breath
- Differential ... Hoarseness • Chest ... venous circulation (chest ... : • Dyspnea, chest ... Hyperuricemia • Acute
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
myocardial ischemia, chest ... pain from acute ... chest pain may ... #Pericarditis #Symptoms ... #Diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Effusion • Cardiac ... Angina • Acute ... Thickening/Masses Chest
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
Criteria Acute ... ) pericarditic chest ... pain (2) pericardial ... CMR). ... pericarditis and a symptom-free
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, APML, CLL Acute ... • Cytopenia -> BM ... manifestations, hypoxia, CXR ... Leukemia #Hematology #Oncology ... #Diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... e.g. incidental CXR ... but stable or chronic ... dyspnea, cough, chest ... neuropathy or cardiac
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
 •
underarms, or chest ... : Pain in involved ... Diagnosis of B-Symptoms ... NonHodgkins #comparison #oncology ... #diagnosis #differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... disease: Pleuritic chest ... pain, hemoptysis ... level seen • Chest ... treatment until the chest