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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 ... onset, severe, tearing ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... Disease-specific testing ... , C3, C4, anti-CCP ... • CXR (diffuse ... high resolution chest
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
necrosis (7-14 days later ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Lung Abscess Differential ... #treatment #diagnosis
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hypoxemia - Workup and Management ... Differential Diagnosis ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... , CTA Chest, Echocardiogram ... #Management #treatment
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... (LR + 2.8) Testing ... Yield of blood CX ... #Management #treatment
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis ... approach to the differential ... up to 3x in the setting ... #Diagnosis #Treatment ... #management #nephrology
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Amyotrophic Lateral ... - Further testing ... conditions listed in differential ... Treatment: - Multidisciplinary ... #management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Physical stigmata of cor ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
Dysphagia - Differential ... Esophageal Dysphagia: Testing ... disorder → EGD Treatment ... #Dysphagia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
to demonstrate bilateral ... titer, ACE level, CXR ... years with neck, chest ... (to support a diagnosis ... laboratory #workup #diagnosis