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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Atrial Fibrillation ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... disease • Drugs ... Anticoagulation #Atrial #Fibrillation ... #Cardiology #Management
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
ARRYTHMIA • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION ... PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA • PULMONARY ... DISEASE • HYPOXIA ... Palpitations #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
CT Lung Signs in Pulmonary Diseases - One Page Summary of Pulmonary Signs
 - Air Crescent
Diseases - One ... Page Summary of ... #Diseases #diagnosis ... #differential # ... radiology
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... asthma • Pleural disease ... Hypoventilation: • CNS ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
Pressure Waveforms - Differential ... wave - Atrial fibrillation ... atrial myxoma, pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam ... #cardiology
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
disease or CHF) ... Probable atrial fibrillation ... disease or CHF) ... Tachycardia #Treatment #management ... #cardiology #algorithm
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
diseases • Arteriovenous ... developed atrial fibrillation ... coronary heart disease ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... Pathophysiology #causes #cardiology
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... recent DAN) • EMG/NCS ... #diagnosis #management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Atrial Fibrillation ... (A-Fib) Summary ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
PIRATES Mnemonic for the Causes of Atrial Fibrillation

P - Pulmonary Disease, PE
I - Ischemic, Idiopathic
R -
Causes of Atrial Fibrillation ... P - Pulmonary ... Mnemonic #Atrial #Fibrillation ... #AFib #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology