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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Summary A defect ... defect (Type 1) ... cycles after right atrial ... • Oxygenation defect ... #management #treatment
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Transthoracic echocardiogram ... vasoconstricting effect ... endothelin - Effect ... metabolism - Effect ... proliferation - Effect
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
pedal edema, and clear ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... , (B) a septal mitral ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast Effect ... in Right Atrium ... Negative #Contrast #Effect ... cardiology #clinical #echocardiogram ... #s4c #pocus #bubble
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... decade → peripheral/acral ... before epiphyseal fusion ... 2 adenoma mass effect ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram

Ebstein anomaly. The tricuspid valve is ALWAYS more apically displaced than the mitral
Ebstein Anomaly on Echocardiogram ... displaced than the mitral ... associated with an atrial ... septal defect. ... #cardiology #a4c
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
feature, PRS can affect ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... blood retum in serial ... #management #treatment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... - Infection - Viral ... Features: • Triad ... Direct myoglobin
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
diuretics, Saline infusion ... - ↓ Effective arterial ... test (only if no clear ... Terbutaline 7 µg/kg SC ... #Management #Treatment