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Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
1st Degree Heart Block ... Mobitz I Heart Block ... Complete Heart Block ... • Block in AV ... narrow QRS • Block
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
Bradycardia Diagnostic ... and Management ... Algorithm CONSIDER ... sick sinus, AV block ... THREATENING CAUSES & TREATMENT
Hyperkalemia - Management Algorithm
 • IV calcium
 • IV insulin and glucose and/or salbutamolt
 • Consider
Intraventricular blocks ... , fascicular blocks ... bundle branch blocks ... #management #algorithm ... #treatment
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Neurocardiogenic ... • Pulmonary Embolism ... /3rd degree AV Block ... #Algorithm #causes
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Central Neuraxial Block ... hypnosis as soon as clinical ... • Embolism. ... Central #Neuraxial #Block ... #Management #Workup
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
• Antipyretics block ... production • Treatment ... antipyretics to block ... Hyperthermia #comparison #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... Dysrhythmia, heart block ... cardiac death Management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Differential Diagnosis ... Endocarditis Diagnosis ... sided IE: heart block ... lesions, heart block ... #management #cardiology
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
new kid on the block ... investigations and treatments ... components of the algorithm ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics
Who to block and who not to block? Guidelines for Emergency Regional Anesthesiafor Trauma Orthopedic Injuries
Block
Who to block and ... who not to block ... Orthopedic Injuries Block ... placement Block ... NO Block - High