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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... Testing and Evaluation ... ECG, Telemetry, Cardiac ... #workup #testing ... Effectiveness #table
Diagnostic algorithm for the workup of hypercalcemia. The diagnostic workup for patients presenting with hypercalcemia rests
for the workup ... The diagnostic workup ... sensitivity for correct classification ... Thus, further testing ... #Workup #Differential
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... ventricular arrythmias Diagnostics ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... #Stress #Testing
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Familial renal Mg wasting ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Bedside Classification ... Anaphylaxis - Post-cardiac ... CM #Shock #Classification ... Cardiogenic #Comparison #Table ... #Diagnosis #Features
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
- Differential Diagnosis ... type 4) - Salt wasting ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Low #Potassium #Table ... #Classification
SCAI Pyramid of Cardiogenic Shock Classification
E - Extremis - A patient experiencing cardiac arrest with ongoing
Cardiogenic Shock Classification ... patient experiencing cardiac ... category C but getting ... Cardiogenic #Shock #Classification ... #ABCDEs #diagnosis
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
- Differential Diagnosis ... aHUS, mechanical cardiac ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology #testing
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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Symptoms: • Cardiac ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... signs #symptoms #testing ... #workup
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Classification ... infarction, following cardiac ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... #Types #diagnosis ... warm #wet #dry #table