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Generalized anxiety disorder - Investigations
three of the following symptoms are present most of the time: restlessness or nervousness, being
Conversion and somatic symptom disorders - Investigations
mental illness trait, personality disorder trait, hypochondriasis, depression, hysteria, anxiety
Tests to order
- no initial test: self-reporting, clinical interview, and behavioral observation are sufficient to establish the diagnosis
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Evaluation of chest pain
Chest x-ray showing a widened mediastinum
From the collection of Professor James Brown; used with permission
Evaluation of chest pain
Distribution of final diagnoses in people over 35 years admitted to the hospital from one US hospital emergency department with chief complaint of nontraumatic chest pain, over a 5-year period (PE, pulmonary embolism)
Created by BMJ; based on data from Kohn MA, Kwan E, Gupta M, et al. Prevalence of acute myocardial infarction and other serious diagnoses in patients presenting to an urban emergency department with chest pain. J Emerg Med. 2005 Nov;29(4):383-90
Evaluation of chest pain
Varicella zoster virus
Courtesy of Daniel Eisen, MD; used with permission
Evaluation of chest pain
ECG showing ST depression
From the personal collection of Dr Syed W. Yusuf and Dr Iyad N. Daher, Department of Cardiology, University of Texas, Houston, TX; used with permission
Evaluation of chest pain
Composition of the HEART score for chest pain patients in the emergency department
Six AJ, et al. Neth Heart J. 2008;16:191-6; used with permission
Lymphedema
Primary lymphedema of the right lower extremity
From the collection of Dr Arin K. Greene
Lymphedema
Secondary lymphedema: left lower extremity lymphedema after radiation, and lymphadenectomy for Hodgkin lymphoma
From the collection of Dr Arin K. Greene
Lymphedema
Lymphoscintigraphy showing dermal back flow and absent uptake of radiolabeled colloid in lymph nodes of left lower extremity consistent with lymphedema
From the collection of Dr Arin K. Greene
Evaluation of palpitations
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
From the collection of Dr C. Pickett
Evaluation of palpitations
Inferior Q waves due to prior MI
From the collection of Dr C. Pickett
Evaluation of palpitations
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
From the collection of Dr C. Pickett
Evaluation of palpitations
Long QT syndrome
From the collection of Dr C. Pickett
Evaluation of palpitations
Left ventricular hypertrophy and left atrial abnormality
From the collection of Dr C. Pickett
Evaluation of palpitations
Brugada syndrome ECG
From the collection of Dr C. Pickett
Evaluation of palpitations
Atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia with pseudo-S waves
From the collection of Dr C. Pickett
Evaluation of respiratory alkalosis
Sequential (or Sepsis-related) Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) criteria
Created by BMJ, adapted from Vincent JL, Moreno R, Takala J, et al. The SOFA (Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment) score to describe organ dysfunction/failure. On behalf of the Working Group on Sepsis-Related Problems of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. Intensive Care Med 1996;22:707-710.
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Compression garments explained
Radial artery puncture animated demonstration
Femoral artery puncture animated demonstration
Needle decompression of tension pneumothorax: animated demonstration
Venepuncture and phlebotomy: animated demonstration
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