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Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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Algorithm Unequal ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... followed by rapid collapse ... Abnormalities #Disorders #Cardiology
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Identification of onset (acute ... Medical history (cardiac ... , liver, renal disease ... #EM #IM #Nephro ... #Differential #Algorithm
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
LMCA lesion -> Cardiac ... This is not for acute ... Angina #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm ... #Cardiology #EBM
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Acute Respiratory ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... Skeletal muscle, cardiac ... Skeletal muscle, cardiac ... #algorithm #hepatology
Radiation Injury
Acute Radiation Toxicity primarily affects rapidly dividing cells based on dosage
Hematopoiteic - Pancytopenia, Infection
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Radiation Injury Acute ... • Onset Hours Cardio ... CNS - Circuatory collapse ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
dental procedure • Cardiac ... Culture (+): Acute ... loss • Myalgias Cardiac ... : • New cardiac ... #management #cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
un lymphatic Diagnostic ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... coronary artery disease ... Consider cardiac ... #management #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... Cardiac cath if ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... of the resting cardiac ... physiological response to acute ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical