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Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
sick sinus, AV block ... Hypothyroidism - TOX: beta-blockers ... LIFE THREATENING CAUSES ... & TREATMENT - ... Drugs (beta-blockers
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
malignant, pediatric cases ... Treatment • Operable ... • Treatment of ... Starting beta blockers ... • Beta blockers
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
Anterior neck pain ... ↑ AST/ALT • Treatment ... : - Beta blocker ... : • Beta blockers ... hyperthyroidism #causes
Acute Joint Pain - Vitamin CD Mnemonic
Vascular
Infectious
Trauma - Multiple injury sites, Open Fracture, Infectious joint pain
Autoimmune
Acute Joint Pain ... Infectious joint pain ... Talipes Equinovarus, Meta ... VitaminCD #Mnemonic #MSK ... differential #diagnosis #Causes
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
(no B-lines on ultrasound ... Revascularization, treatment ... Initiation of beta-blocker ... failure - Any beta-blocker ... calcium channel blocker
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Ab to AChR blocks ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... Myasthenia Crises ... Penicillamine, Beta ... blockers, Procainamide
Drugs Useful in the Treatment and Prophylaxis of Migraine Headaches
Several classes of drugs are effective in
Useful in the Treatment ... Headaches Several classes ... attacks: • ß-Blockers ... Calcium channel blocker ... • Severe pain
Drugs associated with worsening of Myasthenia Gravis (MG):
•	D-penicillamine 
•	Botulinum toxin.
•	Telithromycin
•	Fluoroquinolones 
•	Quinine
•	Magnesium
•	Macrolide antibiotics 
•	Corticosteroids (may cause transient
Corticosteroids (may cause ... Desferrioxamine • Beta-blockers ... Patients with MuSK-MG ... muscle-specificreceptortyrosinekinase #AChR #MuSK
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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Pharmacologic Treatment ... 1st-degree heart block ... persistent fetal beta-blockade ... , tachycardia, nausea ... - Urapidil - Nausea
Management of SIADH
Treat underlying cause:
 • Causes can include pain, primary lung pathology, post-operative phenomenon, medications,
Treat underlying cause ... : • Causes can ... include pain, primary ... antagonists: • Blocks ... hyponatremia #nephrology #treatment