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Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Wide Complex Tachycardia ... and Causes • ... Wide Complex Tachycardia ... diagnosis #cardiology #ekg ... #definition #differential
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
precedes the QRS complex ... discordant with the QRS complex ... S1Q3T3 pattern; complete ... or in-complete ... - Widened QRS complexes
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Premature Ventricular Complexes ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... : • Broad QRS complex ... may not occur Differential ... #Ventricular #Complexes
Atrioventricular Blocks (AV blocks) - ECG Diagnosis Summary
First Degree AV Block
 • The P wave is
• The QRS complex ... • This is a clinically ... may progress to complete ... Degree AV Block aka Complete ... sinus rhythm with complete
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
EKG of the same ... to diagnose the case ... excludes other differentials ... of narrow complex ... that’s called “clinical
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Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... of lactate as a clinical ... the patient’s complete ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential ... #typea #typeb #classification
Causes of Erythema Nodosum
Common
 - Idiopathic (up to 55 percent)
 - Infections: streptococcal pharyngitis (28 to
Causes of Erythema ... : antibiotics (e.g ... Viral: herpes simplex ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Clinical
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
deposit of immune complexes ... • They can cause ... Cryoglobulins Cause ... Syndrome: • Clinical ... diagnosis #types #classification
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... walking to nearly complete ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Electrodiagnostic studies - EMG
Tongue Pathology 

Geographic tongue, fissured tongue, and hairy tongue are the most common tongue problems and
immunodeficiency, is caused ... require biopsy to differentiate ... benign lesions (e.g ... A complete head