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Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... , Symptoms and Management ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... #Diagnosis #Stages
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Altered mental status ... ) • Systemic symptoms ... and signs (e.g. ... ) • Temporal arteritis
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... assessment - Vital signs ... Acute/severe headache ... nonconvuIsive status ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Lyme Disease: Early and Late Clinical manifestations
Stage 1. Localized
 • EM appears 7-14 days at the
myalgia, arthralgia, headache ... radiculopathy, PN) • Cardiac ... years after • Arthritis ... Lyme #Disease #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... depression • T wave ... is conscious, symptoms ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... Immunocompromised state ... immunization Temporal arteritis ... #redflags #signs ... #emergency #diagnosis
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... systemic sx + signs ... claudication, headaches ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Enteroviruses (e.g ... Coltivirus Symptoms ... parenchymatous (tabes ... Acute meningeal signs ... Altered mental status
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Differential Diagnosis ... PNS and CNS • Headache ... 5% of patients Cardiac ... Cytopenias • Cardiac ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms