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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... - Too slow • Pericardium ... - Water - Pus ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #dyspnea #sob #differential
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
• Evaluate for pericardial ... effusion • Evaluate ... for causes of PH ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... diagnosis #cardiology #echocardiogram
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
anti-GBM) Other tests ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... effusion) • PFTs ... Goodpasture's cause ... #diagnosis #management
Pericardial Effusion seen during CPR on POCUS Echocardiogram

This patient was given an anesthetic and became unresponsive
Pericardial Effusion ... What the best choice ... for management? ... Case credit @BrianKohen ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Hemopericardium and Cardiac Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram

Next best step for this 25yo male (SBP 70)?
Resolution: pericardiocentesis
Next best step ... to definitive managemt ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Effusion ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #Pericardial
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... or diagnostic tests ... output - Acute pulmonary ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... before epiphyseal fusion ... Differential Diagnosis ... glucose suppression test ... or refractory cases
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
pre- and post-stress ... significantly worse on echocardiogram ... Acute pulmonary ... inflammation of pericardium ... exercise stress test