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Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... production to cause ... : EKG ($), ECHO ... MRI ($$$$) CORE IM
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
alternate vasopressor (e.g ... is stable ... an appropriate critical ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
and ECG with sinus ... In this case, the ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
Obtain 12-lead ECG ... management in critical ... for extra help as ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... exam Determine Cardiac ... dependent DM ACS ... Change in clinical ... stratification #diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... a clinical prognostic ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... timing with Cardio-OB ... support for patients clinically ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
cardiac function ... ECG is vital while ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... #treatment #table
Intracardiac Rhabdomyomas on Echocardiogram

Huge cardiac masses...initially diagnosed in utero, mass just beneath the aortic valve Anguished
Echocardiogram Huge cardiac ... masses...initially ... diagnosed in utero ... completely stable ... #cardiology #pocus
Hyperthermic Toxidromes
Five toxidromes may present with overlapping features: hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, altered mental status/seizures.
 • Sympathomimetic -
of muscarinic Ach ... in the CNS, on cardiac ... pharmacogenetic disease caused ... Hyperthermic #Toxidromes #comparison ... #table #diagnosis