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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... : ACS, Acute decompensated ... CHF, Hypertensive ... Intracardiac shunt, Cardiomyopathy ... #Chronic #Causes
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
drained if causing acute ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... treatment for acute ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #Checklist #CHF
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... complete paralysis of all ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... variants: (1) acute
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... exclude other causes ... • Pulmonary embolus ... May have typical HF ... ., ACE/ARB) need
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... depression Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... QRS complex Pulmonary ... weeks following an acute ... voltage Other Causes