Diferencia entre revisiones de «Bilateral leg swelling»
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
[[File:Mechanisms of Lower Extremity Edema.png|thumb|Mechanisms of Pedal Edema]] | |||
*Increased hydrostatic pressure | |||
*Decreased oncotic pressure | |||
*Increased capillary permeability | |||
*Lymphatic obstruction | |||
==Diagnosis== | ==Diagnosis== | ||
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==Differential Diagnosis== | ==Differential Diagnosis== | ||
[[File:Differential Diagnosis of Lower Extremity Edema.png|thumb|Differential Diagnosis of Pedal Edema]] | |||
*Gravitational | *Gravitational | ||
*Venous insufufficiency/[[thrombophlebitis]] | *Venous insufufficiency/[[thrombophlebitis]] | ||
Revisión del 22:32 11 may 2015
Background
- Increased hydrostatic pressure
- Decreased oncotic pressure
- Increased capillary permeability
- Lymphatic obstruction
Diagnosis
Work-Up
- CBC
- Chem 7
- PT vs albumin (liver)
- ECG
- CXR
- UA (nephrotic)
Differential Diagnosis
- Gravitational
- Venous insufufficiency/thrombophlebitis
- Drugs
- CHF
- Lymphedema
- Pretibial myxedema