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Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Wide Complex Tachycardia ... - ECG Definition ... and Causes • ... Wide Complex Tachycardia ... aberrancy in the His-Purkinje
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
of bowel lumen Complete ... pain and related symptoms ... bowel-movements (suggests complete ... light-switch pain") with complete ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
A schema of the pathophysiology of the inborn errors of metabolism, excluding complex storage diseases. Helps
schema of the pathophysiology ... metabolism, excluding complex ... storage diseases ... connections and pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
evaluating for other causes ... cardio-pulmonary symptoms ... Dilation: • Incomplete ... or Complete RBBB ... in relation to ECG
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
appearances of pulmonary diseases ... in HIV/AIDS Patients ... Mycobacterium avium complex ... • Nodular/Masses ... Mycobacterium avium complex
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Premature Ventricular Complexes ... Causes: • Hypertension ... Digoxin toxicity Symptoms ... : • Broad QRS complex ... #Ventricular #Complexes
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Polycystic Liver Disease ... Caroli's - Complex ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hepatology
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
Transmission - not completely ... nasal droplets • Symptoms ... Immunosuppression (e.g ... chemotherapy, SOT, HIV ... response to M. leprae complex
Causes of Terminal Ileitis - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infectious: Yersinia spp., Salmonella spp., C.diff, Neutropenic colitis,
Causes of Terminal ... tuberculosis, M. avium complex ... Vascular: SLE, PAN, HSP ... , Behcet's disease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... underlying lung disease ... bronchoscopy to complete ... of cancer, lung disease ... #causes