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Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... depletion) - Hemorrhagic ... Ruptured aortic aneurysm ... contractility) - Acute ... DrEricStrong #Shock #Differential
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound ... Detachment • Posterior ... • Vitreous Hemorrhage ... Pocus101 #Ocular #Ultrasound ... #pocus #differential
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
- Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... aortic aneurysm ... #ABDOMEN #Differential ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Unilateral Fixed Dilated Pupil - Differential Diagnosis Framework
If Altered Mental Status - Consider Oculomotor (3rd cranial
Dilated Pupil - Differential ... , lntracranial hemorrhage ... SAH, tumor • Posterior ... communicating artery aneurysm ... Dilated #Pupil #differential
Diseases Presenting with Pain Out Of Proportion (POOP) - Differential Diagnosis:
 - Orbital Cellulitis 
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Proportion (POOP) - Differential ... Angina - Aortic Abdominal ... Aneurysm - Acute ... Diseases #Diagnosis #Differential
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... (<72 hours) - Differential ... aortic aneurysm ... syndrome #Diffuse #Acute ... #Differential #
Ruptured Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound

Young female.  Lower abdominal pain/VB.  UCG pos. Soft
Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound ... Lower abdominal ... Diagnosis/differential ... Don't assume that acute ... hemorrhage is anechoic
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Pneumonia, Aspiration, Hemorrhage ... dysfunction, Goiter Abdominal ... , Intra-abdominal ... Chronic #Causes #Differential
Stroke Etiologies
Hemorrhagic (IPH, SAH)
Ischemic
 - Large Vessel Atherosclerosis
 - Cardioembolic: Atrial fib, prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm,
Stroke Etiologies Hemorrhagic ... prosthetic valves, LV aneurysm ... Endocarditis, Acute ... Stroke #causes #differential
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential ... paralysis (PCA Aneurysm ... herniation (Comatose), Acute ... Horner's syndrome, Posterior ... Neuro: Pontine hemorrhage