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Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Negative Contrast Effect ... Small secundum ASD ... to right shunt 2. ... Negative #Contrast #Effect ... #pocus #bubble
Lead AVR on ECG
1. Acute myocardial infarction: ST elevation > 1.5 mm in aVR, indicative of
Lead AVR on ECG ... failure, and death. 2. ... aVR • Classic EKG ... #AVR #leadAVR #ecg ... #diagnosis #ekg
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Nonspecific inhibitors e.g ... to one factor e.g ... inhibitory drugs e.g ... Supratherapeutic warfarin effect ... Causes #diagnosis #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
feature, PRS can affect ... palpable purpura 2/ ... 2 vasculitis, ulcers ... recent DAN) • EMG ... blood retum in serial
Hemoglobin A1c (glycated hemoglobin) reflects the average blood glucose concentration over the course of the RBC
equation to calculate eAG ... as follows: eAG ... fructosamine test, reflect ... cell anemia, may affect ... conditions that affect
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... QRS complex Pulmonary ... elevation seen > 2 ... diagnosis #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... days before Pulmonary ... management for select
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... by excretion (e.g ... its metabolism (e.g ... output - Acute pulmonary ... Neoplasia/Warburg effect
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
• Classic triad ... hypotension (may reflect ... may present with pulmonary ... diagnostic procedures (eg ... the vasodilatory effect