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Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
Bradycardia Diagnostic ... Hypothyroidism - TOX: beta-blockers ... LIFE THREATENING CAUSES ... TREATMENT - Drugs (beta-blockers ... #Algorithm #Differential
Faget Sign - Pulse-Temperature Dissociation
Causes of Relative Bradycardia
 • Infectious Causes: Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Dissociation Causes ... • Infectious Causes ... : Beta-blockers, ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Bradycardia - Differential ... Medications: • Beta ... Spondylarthropathies Other causes ... diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology #BRADI
Non-lschemic Causes of Cardiogenic Shock:

Beta-Blockers, Calcium Channel Blockers, Digoxin 

Myocarditis 

Cardiomyopathies (sarcoidosis, amyloidosis, Takatsubo, 
hemochromatosis) 

Valvular
Non-lschemic Causes ... Cardiogenic Shock: Beta-Blockers ... #Nonlschemic #Causes ... Cardiogenic #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Wave Inversions - Differential ... global T wave inversion ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Bradycardia - Note ... Non-infectious: ß-blockers ... #relative #bradycardia ... #Causes #differential
Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification:
CLASS 1 - Sodium Channel Blockers:
 • MOA: Block fast Na+ channels
2 - Beta Blockers ... alpha & beta adrenergic ... inotropy) ACCP Cardiology ... Classification #Classes ... pathophysiology #cardiology
Drugs causing hyperkalemia
 • Impaired release of renin: NSAIDs, Beta blockers, Cyclosporine, tacrolimus, Diabetes, Elderly
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renin: NSAIDs, Beta ... blockers, Cyclosporine ... Sodium Channel Blockers ... #medications #causes ... #differential #
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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EKG Findings Causes ... Hypercalcemia #EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Differential # ... Causes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
ST depression & T wave inversion causes #Pathophys #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Differential #TWI #STD #TWaveInversion
depression & T wave inversion ... causes #Pathophys ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... MedStudent #EKG #Differential