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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
, Signs, Symptoms ... ) - Kussmaul sign ... - conduction disease ... #Stages #Management ... #Signs #Symptoms
Pericarditis on EKG
Stage 1 - Widespread ST elevation (<5mm) and PR depression; In aVR: ST depression
- Widespread T wave ... Normalization Spodick's sign ... Can also be seen ... #ECG #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Equivalents / Don't Miss Signs ... bigger than QRS - deWinter ... T waves - starts ... triple vessel disease ... #EKG #diagnosis
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
twitter.com/Hussainch/status ... are enough to diagnose ... excludes other differentials ... ’s called Frog sign ... Cardiology #Neck #Frog #Sign
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
structural heart disease ... in patients who never ... show symptoms or signs ... patients with a diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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Altered mental status ... • Meningeal signs ... Systemic symptoms and signs ... (e.g., fever, myalgia ... #neurology #PHANTOMS
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
J point • De Winter ... V2 • Wellens sign ... pain • Wellens sign ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential #
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
assessment - Vital signs ... - CBC with differential ... of infection (fever ... nonconvuIsive status ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
Lyme Disease: Early ... manifestations Stage ... arthralgia, headache, fever ... rare and mild Stage ... #diagnosis #signs
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... falls (like a wave ... Brucellosis Faget's Sign ... #Patterns #Differential ... #Diagnosis #intermittent