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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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, syncope. 1. ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... heart disease ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
- Syncope Syndromes ... below), 1st degree heart ... Wong @mchlwng #Syncope ... #Syndromes #ECG ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Beck's Triad 1. ... paradoxus - ECG ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Becks #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
CM5 continuous ECG ... especially in heart ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Almost any type of cardiac arrhythmia is seen in digitalis toxic­ity. However, type II second-degree atrioventricular
Almost any type of cardiac ... Complete heart block ... The various ECG ... summarized in Box ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
classification, and the HEART ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... - History - EKG ... ACS #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
WOBBLER for ECG ... associated with sudden cardiac ... short QT syndrome too ... #EKG #ECG #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
adult, 10 ml.kg-1 ... Anaphylaxis → 3-1 ... o Cardiac tamponade ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
high prevalence - 1/ ... misdiagnosed) - Sudden cardiac ... **Get baseline EKG ... LongQT #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Normal QT Interval Measurement
General rule: QT interval should be < 1/2 RR interval
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interval should be < 1/ ... interval - Only works ... at normal heart ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ecg