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How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
a NCCT or • MRI ... +/- TEE (high Afib ... v Holter (r/o Afib ... stroke #workup #diagnosis ... #checklist #neurology
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
useful when A-fib ... exercise, after acute MI ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #Medications #management ... treatment #comparison #table
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... : - MRI is modality ... - Detection of AFB ... #Management #Summary
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... ventricular arrythmias Diagnostics ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI ... Testing #cardiology #management ... #diagnosis
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... checklist Evaluation ... limit them as able ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Pocket Comparison Guide to Heritable Hypertension Syndromes (Secondary Hypertension)

Bartter, Gitelman, Liddle, Primary Aldosteronism, 
GRA (Glucocorticoid Remediable
Geller (Activating MR ... Syndromes #Comparison #Table ... #Diagnosis #Management
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Cardiogenic: Acute MI ... #inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison ... #table
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
peripheral nerve components ... bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... demyelinating or axonal • MRI ... - Spinal MRI may ... #management #neurology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Delivery • Stable ... should be done on diagnosis ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis
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 ... Stable patients ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis