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T-Wave ECG changes in Hyperkalemia vs Hyperacute MI
 - Hyperkalemia: Increased height, without increase area
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T-Wave ECG changes ... fazalabul #TWaves #ECG ... Hyperacute #MI #clinical ... #cardiology #ekg ... electrocardiogram #comparison
Hyperkalemia on EKG
"Mild" Hyperkalemia
 • Peaked, narrow-based T Waves
 • Double counting of HR by EKG
EKG "Mild" Hyperkalemia ... counting of HR by EKG ... rhythm Presence Of EKG ... #EKG #ECG #electrocardiogram ... cardiology #diagnosis #clinical
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Infiltrative disorders (e.g ... Malignancy - CNS ... - Medications (e.g ... renal diseases (e.g
Osborn (J Wave)

Etiology 
• Hypothermia (below 320C / SOOF) 
• Normal variant 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Neurological
Normal variant • Hypercalcemia ... fibrillation Clinical ... JWave #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #Hypothermia
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... (e.g. ... Anorexia Nervosa • CNS ... Tumors (e.g. ... #ShortStature #Differential
An ECG from a patient with a serum potassium of 7.5 with flattened P waves, widened
An ECG from a patient ... waves, widened QRS ... peaked T waves: #Clinical ... #EM #IM #EKG #HyperKalemia
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
CNS: parietal ... • Infection (e.g ... Brain lesions (e.g ... Syndrome #diagnosis #neurology ... #differential
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Malignancy (e.g ... the lung) - CNS ... pathology (e.g. ... Pulmonary pathology (e.g ... exacerbation) - Drugs (e.g
Hyperkalemia, K > 10

I recently was called for a STEMI with this ECG. Pt was 40’s
STEMI with this ECG ... Key to this ECG ... widening of the QRS ... Electrocardiogam #ECG ... #EKG #Clinical
Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
- CBC with differential ... C-reactive protein (CRP ... diagnostics as clinically ... indicated (e.g. ... echocardiogram, EKG