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Common Causes of Nontraumatic Cardiac Arrest
Cardiac, Respiratory, Circulatory, Metabolic, Toxic and Environmental Causes

#Cardiac #Arrest #ACLS #Differential
Common Causes of ... Nontraumatic Cardiac ... Arrest Cardiac ... #Cardiac #Arrest ... #ACLS #Differential
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Diagnosis and Causes ... coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... Troponin Increases, Cardiac ... pericarditis • Rule out differential ... #Myocarditis #differential
Causes of Cyanosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Central Cyanosis due to pulmonary or cardiac causes
Methemoglobinemia 
Sulfhemoglobinemia
Methaemalbuminaemia
Pseudocyanosis

#Causes #Cyanosis
Causes of Cyanosis ... - Differential ... to pulmonary or cardiac ... causes Methemoglobinemia ... #Cyanosis #Differential
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Differential Diagnosis ... Categorized by causes ... : Cardiac, Pulmonary ... Pleuritic #ChestPain #Causes ... #Differential #
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
T’s Mnemonic - Causes ... of Cardiac Arrest ... #Ts #Mnemonic #Cardiac ... #Arrest #Causes ... #differential #
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... motion (PVFM) Cardiac ... Causes of Tachypnea ... Pulmonary embolism • Cardiac ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Arrhythmias - Differential ... chest discomfort Cardiac ... previous MI) Non-Cardiac ... Causes: - High ... Arrhythmias #Cardiology #Differential
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... of Cardiac Arrest ... Hypothermia Tamponade (Cardiac ... #HsTs #acls #differential
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Infarction* • Cardiac ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute ... impairment - Cardiac ... Heart #Failure #Differential ... #Causes #Diagnosis