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Simplified Diagnosis of Metabolic Disorders
#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Inherited #Congenital #Metabolism #Metabolic #Diseases #Disorders #Ketones #Ammonia #Differential
Disorders #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics ... #Metabolic #Diseases ... #Disorders #Ketones ... #Differential #Algorithm
Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
Congenital Heart Disorders ... and Differential Algorithm ... #Diseases #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Cardiology
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Congenital Heart Disease ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy ... Myocarditis Metabolic ... Neuromuscular • Disorders ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
CONGENITAL STRUCTURAL DISEASE ... ACQUIRED VALVULAR DISEASE ... HEART FAILURE • CARDIOMYOPATHY ... • ANAEMIA • METABOLIC ... • PULMONARY DISEASE
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
• Valve disease ... • Cardiomyopathy ... Pregnancy - Metabolic ... Generalized Anxiety Disorder ... #Arrhythmias #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
, Nieman-Pick Disease ... , Danon Disease, ... Gaucher Disease ... Carcinoid Heart Disease ... #algorithm
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Obstructive arterial disease ... coarctation • Takayasu disease ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Abnormalities #Disorders ... #Cardiology #Differential
Causes of Failure to Thrive - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Adequate Calorie Consumption
 - Increased Losses:
• Celiac Disease ... • Liver Disease ... Utilize: • Metabolic ... Disorders ... #Causes #Peds #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
preexisting heart disease ... • Hypertensive disorders ... structural heart disease ... Valvular heart disease ... including rheumatic disease
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
ADLs - Highest metabolic ... Ischemic heart disease ... : - Known CV disease ... Structural heart disease ... one post op Cardiology