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Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
muscle twitching CARDIAC ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac ... • Mitral valve prolapse ... /Afib/WPW) • Loss ... #Cardiology #Differential
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Symptoms: • Palpitations ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... paresthesias, palpitations ... - ↓ Effective arterial ... reabsorption) Workup ... line, stabilizes cardiac
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
admission for further workup ... and treatment versus ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
manifestation of cardiac ... the heartbeat • Palpitations ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... more intensive treatment ... #differential #cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Consider invasive arterial ... especially in heart ... consultation with cardiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
) • Valvular heart ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Serial TTE and close ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #cardiology #treatment