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Wellen's Syndrome 
Type A - Biphasic T wave 
Type B - Deeply inverted T wave
Wellen's Syndrome ... specific for a critical ... intervention #Wellens #Syndrome ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
asymptomatic at diagnosis ... • CHOLANGITIS ... liver disease management ... remain subject to clinical ... #diagnosis #management
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Hepatic congestion (e.g ... ), Budd-Chiari syndrome ... "ascending cholangitis ... #RUQ #Pain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
Jaundice - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Sepsis • Drugs (e.g ... • Gilbert's Syndrome ... Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
Wellens Syndrome on EKG
Associated with a critical stenosis of the proximal LAD, suggestive of impending infarction
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Wellens Syndrome ... with a critical ... Isoelectric ST segment Type ... T-wave Inversion Type ... electrocardiogram #diagnosis
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
, Rotor syndrome ... mononucleosis, cholangitis ... duct, sclerosing cholangitis ... Classification #diagnosis ... #unconjugated #differential
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Malabsorption - Differential ... Diagnosis Biliary ... , PSC • Infection ... Cholestatic drugs- e.g ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential ... Diagnosis for Arrhythmias ... bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome ... blocks (1°, 3° and Type ... blocks (1°, 3°, and Type
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Inherited arrhythmia syndromes ... syndrome, ARVC) ... may not occur Differential ... Diagnosis: • PAC ... #diagnosis #differential
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tolerance • Type ... I Diabetes • Type ... • Cushing's Syndrome ... Hyperglycemia (e.g