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STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include ... : cardiac resynchronization ... transplants. ... Stages #ACCAHA #Algorithm
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score for PE • CTA
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Causes of Apparent ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Congenital Heart ... Pneumonia • Sepsis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hypoglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fasting Hypoglycemia:
 • Excess Insulin
 • Medications (e.g. Insulin Secretagogues, ß-Adrenergic Antagonists,
Algorithm Fasting ... setting of Gastric Surgery ... Renal Failure, Cardiac ... Failure) • Sepsis ... #causes
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
surgery if possible ... consider: o Cardiac ... toxicity → 3-10 o Sepsis ... → 3-14 o Cardiac ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Normal ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... • Bone Marrow Transplant ... #causes #pediatrics
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
: • New cardiac ... Glomerulonephritis Septic ... Emboli Cause Injury ... Antibiotics • Surgery ... Viridans Surgery
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
urine, sweat) - its ... shock/hypoxemia/Sepsis ... regional ischemia, surgery ... perfusion - Cardiac ... syndrome - Sepsis
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
dissection is caused ... disease • Cardiac ... surgery/catheterization ... deficit • Shock Treatment ... opiates • Control heart
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
circulation and its ... of the resting cardiac ... (Sepsis, Shock, ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment