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Want to remember what drugs prolong the QT interval? Remember COLLAPSE - Kitty Canavan @KathrynCanavan1
#Diagnosis #Peds
Prolongation #Prolonged #Increased ... #DFTB
Echocardiographic Findings of Acute Right Ventricular Strain
 - Increased RV:LV Size Ratio
 - Abnormal Septal Motion
Ventricular Strain - Increased ... TAPSE - Decreased ... Speckle Tracking: Decreased ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... Ventricular #cardiology #POCUS
Causes of Anemia with Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Heme Synthesis or
Ferritin normal/increased ... stippling, +/- increased ... reticulocytes - Increased ... Beta-Thalassemia Minor - Increased ... HgbA2, Increased
NSAID Selectivity Spectrum
COX-2 Selective NSAID - Celecoxib
 • Increased risk for CV events
 • Decreased risk
- Celecoxib • Increased ... nabumetone, sulindac • Increased ... in patients at increased ... for CV events • Increased ... at low doses • Increased
Conceptual Relationship between Volume Responsiveness and Volume Tolerance

Assessing for volume responsiveness would only tell you that
there would be an increase ... "Left Shift" (Decreased ... tolerance): -increased ... glycocalyx damage -decreased ... oncotic pressure -decreased
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Increased Loss 
 - Increased GI Loss
 - Increased Urinary
Diagnosis Algorithm Increased ... Loss - Increased ... GI Loss - Increased ... Urinary Loss Decreased ... Alkalemia - Increased
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Diagnosis Algorithm Decreased ... WBCs - Decreased ... Infiltration - Increased ... Chronic) Normal/lncreased
Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
(alpha-1) • Increases ... bradycardia due to increased ... beta1 > beta2) • Increases ... / alpha1) • Increases ... > alpha1) • Increases
Overall Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Blood Loss
 • Acute Bleed - Normocytic / Normochromic
combination of: Decreased ... Iron, Ferritin, Increased ... Infiltration Increased ... Destruction - Increased ... Reticulocytes, Increased
Differential Diagnosis of Thrombocytopenia by Categories:
- Decreased Production
- Increased Destruction
- Redistribution

#Diagnosis #Thrombocytopenia #Differential #Algorithm #Causes #Ddxof
Categories: - Decreased ... Production - Increased