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SJMH AFib Discharge Algorithm

Source Article: Implementation of a Novel Algorithm to Decrease Unnecessary Hospitalizations in Patients
SJMH AFib Discharge ... Fibrillation - ... doi/full/10.1111/acem ... .13383 #AFib # ... #Fibrillation #
Algorithm to decrease AFib admissions - Visual Abstract by hellomynameisDrKirsty
@KirstyChallen

Source: Implementation of a Novel Algorithm to
AFib admissions ... Fibrillation. https ... doi/full/10.1111/acem ... .13383 #AFib # ... #Fibrillation #
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Atrial Fibrillation ... (PIRATES): - Pulmonary ... - Repiratory disease ... myxoma - Thyroid disease ... AFib #Diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Atrial Fibrillation ... Valvular heart disease ... Structural heart disease ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... disease • Drugs
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... Valvular heart disease ... Structural heart disease ... disease • Drugs ... valvular heart disease
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

Heart disease 
 - Aging heart 
 - Cardiomyopathies 
 - Congestive heart
disease - Aging ... Coronary artery disease ... Hypertensive heart disease ... Valvular heart disease ... AFib #Cardiology
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... congenital heart disease ... veno-occlusive disease ... , chronic lung disease ... Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Mismatch • Airway Disease ... • Parenchymal Disease ... Interstitial lung disease ... • Pulmonary Arterial ... Defect ** • Atrial
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... Coronary Artery Disease ... Arrhythmia • Atrial ... Fibrillation
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
FIBRILLATION ... CONGENITAL STRUCTURAL DISEASE ... ACQUIRED VALVULAR DISEASE ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... DISEASE • HYPOXIA