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Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes ... infarction - Pulmonary ... - Congestive heart ... cell disease - Transplant ... Noninfectious #Causes
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
arteriovenous shunting causes ... digital clubbing DIAGNOSIS ... reach the left heart ... oxygen • Liver transplant ... Syndrome #cirrhosis #diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... appear in left heart ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary ... take months after transplant
Graft-Verus-Host Disease (GVHD) - Quick Reference Sheet
Multisystem disorder that is a common complication of allogeneic hematopoietic
hematopoietic cell transplant ... recognize the transplant ... reaction that causes ... disease in the transplant ... #Diagnosis #Overview
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... consolidation is pulmonary ... from the various causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Post-Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD)
Definition: Lymphoid and/or plasmacytic proliferations that occur as a result of immunosuppression in
of solid-organ transplants ... incidence in lung>heart ... extralymphatic tissues Diagnosis ... to 50% of PTLD cases ... Disorders #oncology #diagnosis
Clues to Differential Diagnosis of Central Cyanosis: Onset of cyanosis, Clubbing, Secondary erythrocytosis, Auscultation, X-ray, Echocardiography,
Diagnosis of Central ... gas - Cyanotic heart ... defect - Pulmonary ... diseases - Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Nail Clubbing - Mnemonic 
Cyanotic Heart Disease, Cystic Fibrosis
Lung Cancer, Lung abscess 
Ulcerative Colitis
Causes of Nail Clubbing ... Mnemonic Cyanotic Heart ... Endocarditis, Idiopathic Pulmonary ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Myocardium: - Heart ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #pulmonary
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
 -
Fibrillation - Diagnosis ... Causes (PIRATES ... ): - Pulmonary ... withdrawal ("holiday heart ... Fibrillation #AFib #Diagnosis