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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
Right Ventricular Collapse ... Systolic Right Atrial Collapse ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... Tamponade #POCUS #Diagnosis ... Cardiology #Effusion #Echocardiogram
Antiarrhythmics Pharmacology Summary
Cardiac Conduction Phases:
Phase 0 - Ventricular Depolarization:
 • Na+ channels open leading to a
Antiarrhythmics Pharmacology ... Summary Cardiac ... Vaughan Williams Classification ... Antiarrhythmics #Pharmacology ... #Classification
Uveitis - Definition, Causes and SUN Classification

Inflammation of the iris, ciliary body, vitreous, retina and/or choroid
Incidence
Causes and SUN Classification ... Incidence : 17-52 cases ... Prevalence : 38-204 cases ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Ophthalmology #Rheumatology
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
how the heart collapses ... good enough at diagnosing ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
symptoms in the acute phase ... occurrence of late phase ... -> Circulatory collapse ... seizures) - Cardiac ... pathophysiology #immunology #diagnosis
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
 •
Shock Classification ... and Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... Dehydration - Sophia Hayes ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Rheumatoid Arthritis - 2020 ACR-EULAR Classification
≥ 6 of 10 points = definite RA
Joint Involvement:
2020 ACR-EULAR Classification ... 3 points Acute Phase ... Rheumatoid #Arthritis #diagnosis ... #EULAR #Classification ... #rheumatology
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
thromboembolism → Cardiac ... rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram ... Hypercoagulable #Workup #hematology ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #hematology #VTE
Phases of Colchicine Toxicity
 - Early Phase (0-24h) 
 - Multi-organ failure Phase (1-7 days)
Phases of Colchicine ... heart failure, Cardiac ... arrhythmia, cardiac ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
- Differential Diagnosis ... Paradoxical Embolism • Cardiac ... valves - Infected cardiac ... considered in all cases ... #differential #diagnosis