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Post Intubation Hypotension: The AH SHITE mnemonic #Diagnosis #EM #PCC #AHSHITE #Mnemonic #Postintubation #Hypotension #RebelEM
Hypotension: The AH ... SHITE mnemonic ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... PCC #AHSHITE #Mnemonic
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Clinical Significance (MGUS) - Differential Diagnosis

Neurologic-Centered:
 (+) Systemic Features: POEMS, AL amyloid, Cryoglobulinemia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Features: POEMS, AL amyloid ... • Organized Ig deposits ... : Ig-related amyloid ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
• Heavy-chain (AH ... Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... in AA and AL Cardiac ... typing Cardiac ... GI Tests: • Diagnostic
Great Mimickers - SHALLOTS Mnemonic

S- Syphilis - Neurosyphilis, aortitis, gummas... Granulomas can form anywhere! Skin, mucosa,
A - Amyloid - Amyloid ... deposits everywhere ... SHALLOTS #Mnemonic #Diagnosis
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... HTN, Cerebral Amyloid ... Atherosclerosis • Embolic: Cardiac ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... #Diagnosis #Stages
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... MRI, Cardiac Catheterization ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid ... Cardiomyopathy #Diagnosis
Cardiac Amyloidosis Management
The liver produces transthyretin tetramers, which dissociate into monomers and mis-fold, then aggregate into
Cardiac Amyloidosis ... aggregate into amyloid ... fibrils and deposit ... into cardiac tissue ... Cardiac amyloidosis
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Amyloidosis Diagnosis ... presentation • Cardiac-specific ... 2) Methods of amyloid ... chain levels 3) Amyloid ... #Amyloidosis #Diagnosis
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
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as neoplasm or amyloid ... Skeletal muscle, cardiac ... Skeletal muscle, Cardiac ... liver #chemistry #diagnosis