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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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Fibrillation Overview Symptoms ... intolerance, chest pain ... , near-syncope, ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Cardiology #Management #Algorithm
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Differential Diagnosis ... Pleuritic Chest Pain ... causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary ... , MSK, Drug/Toxins ... #Differential #Algorithm
Meralgia paresthetica: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Compression/injury of Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve (LFCN) -> Meralgia paresthetica
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intervertebral disc disease ... absent: lower back pain ... Raise Test - Pain ... inguinal ligament (near ... MeralgiaParesthetica #MSK
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
Potomania - Tea ... Pain. ... Stress, Nausea, Pulmonary ... Diseases, CNS Disease ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
- MSK Radiology ... Tibial tuberosity pain ... Patellar tendon tear ... (similar symptoms ... #msk
Somatoform Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Patient presents with complex medical problem or symptoms that
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm - Patient ... • Pain Disorder ... - Pain; psychological ... #Algorithm #Psychiatry
Femoral Head Fracture: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Posterior hip dislocation -> Impaction force from femoral
injury -> Ligaments tear ... Leg • Shooting pains ... FemoralHead #Fractures #msk ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #signs #symptoms
Approach to Low Back Pain - Differential Algorithm
- Non-MSK
- Axial / Musculoskeletal
- Radicular
- Systemic Disease (Do
Approach to Low Back Pain ... - Differential Algorithm ... - Non-MSK - Axial ... Radicular - Systemic Disease ... #Differential #Algorithm
Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis
Articular: Infectious, Degenerative, Inflammatory
Non-articular: Localized, General

#Joint #Pain #Differential #Diagnosis #MSK #algorithm
Joint Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Articular ... General #Joint #Pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #MSK #algorithm
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Embolism (chest pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes