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Main types of autoimmune encephalitis in the ICU. 
Anti-NMDAR anti-N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor, ADEM acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, Anti-GFAP
cerebrospinal fluid, MRI ... resonance imaging, EEG ... encephalitis #comparison #table ... #neurology #diagnosis
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... Stress #Testing #cardiology
Diastolic Function Grading - Schematic diastolic filling patterns

I: impaired relaxation, II: moderate diastolic dysfunction (pseudonormal), III:
LV compliance), ECG ... electrocardiogram, MI ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Grades #Criteria #Table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Key Components: ... physical exam - Key components ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... one post op Cardiology
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
New/worsening MR ... low (1-2) risk, +ECG ... Rx: NSTEMI/UA: stable ... catheterization #cardiology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
peripheral nerve components ... Electrodiagnostic studies (Ex EMG ... demyelinating or axonal • MRI ... - Spinal MRI may ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy (e.g ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... ARB/ACE-I/ARNI/MRA ... during Delivery • Stable ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Definitions and illustrations of criteria used to categorize cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) likelihood based on cardiac magnetic
enhancement; and MRI ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Sarcoidosis #CardiacMRI ... #Probability #Table ... #Radiology
Yamaguchi cardiomyopathy on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
That time when a doctor tells you that you're "having a heart
Electrocardiogram (EKG ... ECG has been stable ... Cardiac MR shows ... #ekg #electrocardiogram ... hypertrophic #clinical #cardiology
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
is desirable, e.g ... obstruction - Able ... Combination of above MRI ... stones #calculus #Radiology