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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
the extent of disease ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... Persistent pleural effusions ... Blood Tests: ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... intrinsic lung disease ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... passage • Arterial blood ... gas (ABC) analysis
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... myocarditis, pericardial effusion ... detectable by blood ... clinical evidence of cardiac ... #Management #Microbiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... reveals increasing blood ... #management #treatment
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
pressure: systolic blood ... bilateral pleural effusions ... coronary artery disease ... Consider cardiac ... #management #cardiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
and Management ... myocarditis, pericardial effusion ... detectable by blood ... clinical evidence of cardiac ... #Management #Microbiology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
- Transfusion Cardiac ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Blood Transfusion Reactions

Immune Mediated:
 • Febrile Non-Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (FNHTR): Most common immune reaction to transfusion.
• Transfusion Cardiac ... RBCs (stored at 4C ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... #Transfusion #diagnosis ... #management #hematology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... little coronary blood ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
, recheck blood ... check arterial blood ... congenital heart disease ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Management