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Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • HPI: sudden onset, "tearing" chest pain, radiation to
Aortic Dissection ... connective tissue disorder ... • Imaging: CTA Dissection ... protocol • Classification ... Management #summary #treatment
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Atherosclerosis, Dissection ... Moyamoya, Blood Disorders ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... management #neurology #treatment
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Lymphoproliferative Disorders ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... involvement, irregular pattern ... Responsive to Treatment ... #Classification
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... protein receptor type ... activin A receptor type ... and obstructive pattern ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
Thrombus, 1° clotting disorder ... Heart failure, Dissection ... hypovolemia), Meds/Treatments ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Personality Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
• Enduring pattern of experience and behaviour that deviates from cultural
Personality Disorders ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... is stable and of ... #Personality #Disorders ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... • Aortic Dissection ... • Somatoform Disorder ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... • Most common type ... valvular rupture, dissection ... #Types #diagnosis ... warm #wet #dry #table
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
• No Treatment ... No Treatment. ... • May be no pattern ... #HeartBlocks #Types ... #Classification
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
completely different disorders ... scripts and initial treatment ... algorithms. ... differences #diagnosis #table