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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... /S, EEG, Brain MRI ... #workup #testing ... Effectiveness #table ... #comparison
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... #Stress #Testing
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm • Sickle ... aHUS, mechanical cardiac ... #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology #testing
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... failure, acute MI ... → tension PTX, cardiac ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #table #comparison
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Cost-Effectiveness Workup ... Carotid US • Brain MRI ... stress testing ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Syncope #diagnosis ... #workup #testing
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Key Components: ... exam Determine Cardiac ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... postoperative cardiac ... stratification #diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Screening Testing ... CT or MRI scan of ... Causes #Screening #Workup ... #table
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Anaphylaxis - Post-cardiac ... Endocarditis - Post-MI ... #Cardiogenic #Comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
Scleroderma Like Conditions - Differential Diagnosis
Eosinophilic Fasciitis:
 - Orange peel induration (peau d'orange) of proximal extremities
- Differential Diagnosis ... contractures and/or cardiac ... therefore occur in the setting ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
only 5% of the resting ... cardiac output. ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm