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Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
+ WPW - DANGER ... 200ms from longer pause ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #differential
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
the duodenum Clinical ... • Should be on differential ... de novo between aorta ... bowel, usually as ... or within the aorta
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
is caused by a ... the wall of the aorta ... Pulse deficit/differential ... #Dissection #diagnosis ... #management #vascular
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
such as reflex ... syncope (ruling out differential ... further guide management ... and an initial ECG ... should be guided by clinical
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Palpitations #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Diagnosis Approach ... hypertension is defined as ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... Coarctation of aorta ... #Differential #
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
soon as clinical ... obstetrics, relieve aorto-caval ... of unrelieved aorto-caval ... Consider other causes ... • Obstetric aorto-caval
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
Diagnosis Framework ... tract, and often causes ... < 30 years - Aorta ... branches • GCA: - Aorta ... LFT • ESR • ANA
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
 •
Broncholithiasis - Differential ... • Also known as ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... erosion into the aorta ... Noninfectious Causes
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Non-inflammatory Causes ... is important, as ... early diagnosis ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential