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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... pain often not ... #Differential #
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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exercise intolerance, chest ... pain, near-syncope ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... pain, hemoptysis ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential # ... causes #management
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
carcinoma of the lung ... SSRIs) Severe pain ... potomania - “Tea ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes #Sodium
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Lung Toxicity Summary ... Pleuritic chest ... pain 5. ... reticular opacities on chest ... #diagnosis #management
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... in interstitial lung ... low attenuation (table ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
we describe a chest ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Radiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... symptoms are not caused ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... , cough, chest pain
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Delivery • Stable ... #cardiology #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... change CV risk Chest ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management