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Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework • Fear ... and Anxiety • Pleural ... Effusion • Ascites ... CNS lesion: ALS, MS
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
infiltration damages tear ... effusion on CXR ... RA inflammation tends ... interstitial lung disease/pulmonary ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
is within the pleura ... transducing the pleural ... pneumothorax • 24-28 Fr tension ... pneumothorax • 28-32 Fr hemothorax ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
extensor elbows, Achilles ... tendon, fingers ... not possible • Ultrasound ... Dual-energy CT → MSU ... 2 attacks in a year
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Xerotrachea • NSIP: Pleural ... thickening or effusion ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Symptomatic: artificial tears