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Hyperkaelemia ECG Features - With mild to moderate hyperkalemia, there is reduction of the size of
Hyperkaelemia ECG ... complex, and the ECG ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG ... Progression #Criteria
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... hyperphosphatemia, hypercalcemia ... (e.g. incidental ... or chronic and progressive ... Progression to chronic
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... Blood (platelets ... form (No signs/symptoms ... 20-90%, normal ECG ... have no disease progression
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
decreased ETCO2 Symptoms ... Consider thrombolysis e.g ... desaturation, confusion ... Tell surgeon to flood ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Hypertensive emergency, Blood ... transfusion, Hypercalcemia ... Neurological symptoms ... elevated white blood ... • EEG: With persistent
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
recent DAN) • EMG ... or serologies + symptoms ... reveals increasing blood ... Path: rapidly progressive ... #differential #diagnosis
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
presents with rapidly progressive ... of GBS include progressive ... normal CSF white blood ... than one after symptom ... Electrodiagnostic studies (Ex EMG
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Blood Product Transfusions ... in recipient (e.g ... dyspnea potentially progressing ... Hypocalcemia, Hyperkalemia ... #Transfusions #diagnosis
Bulimia Nervosa: Complications
GASTROINTESTINAL
 • Dehydration & inability to digest food -> Constipation
 • Recurrent vomiting exposes
acids elevated blood ... of nutrients (e.g ... ) • Overall: hypokalemia ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms