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Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification
Class I (Ia, Ib, Ic) - Na+ Channel Blockade
 • Slows depolarization
Vaughan Williams Classification ... and prolongs PR interval ... • Prolongs QT interval ... and prolongs PR interval ... #Classes #cardiology
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Frameworks for Internal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Classification
Arthritis Differential Algorithm

Dr. André Mansoor @AndreMansoor - Author of Frameworks for Internal Medicine https://amzn.to/2LmUODZ

#Arthritis #Algorithm #Causes
Arthritis Differential Algorithm ... Frameworks for Internal ... #Arthritis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Differential
Torsades de Pointes 
•Precipitated by drugs that prolong the QT interval 
•Class IA antidysrhythmics (procainamide, quinidine)
prolong the QT interval ... •Class IA antidysrhythmics ... quinidine) •Class ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG
Causes of Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis
Inherited
 • Membrane
 • Internal
    - Hemoglobin
Causes of Hemolytic ... • Membrane • Internal ... Complement/DAT- • Internal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Diarrhea Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Inflammatory
 - Infectious
   - Noninvasive
     - Viral
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Frameworks for Internal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... Noninfectious #Causes
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
 - At
repolarization causes ... in conduction causes ... prolonged PR and QT intervals ... #Hyperkalemia #EKG ... #ECG #Changes #
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
- Anorexia GI Losses ... Ureterosigmoidostomy Urinary Losses ... Hypomagnesemia Internal ... Potassium #Table #Classification ... #Causes
Causes of Edema - Differential Diagnosis
Pitting Edema:
  ↑ Hydrostatic - Too Much Fluid
Causes of Edema ... Pressure • Internal ... Obstruction • External ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Antiarrhythmics - Vaughan Williams Classification:
CLASS 1 - Sodium Channel Blockers:
 • MOA: Block fast Na+ channels
Vaughan Williams Classification ... depolarization • ↑ PR interval ... Duration) - ↑ QT interval ... velocity) - ↑ PR interval ... #Classes #pathophysiology