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Algorithm for the Treatment of Severe Hypoglycemia

Step #1:  IV dextrose bolus

Step #2:  food (if
Step #1: IV dextrose ... possible) Step #3: dextrose ... steroid Step #4b
ST Elevation MI Criteria 
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #ECG #EKG #STEMI #STElevationMI #Criteria #FOAMCast
ST Elevation MI ... Cardiology #ECG #EKG #STEMI
Schema for documenting a type 1 MI, type 2 MI, or non-MI troponin elevation based on
documenting a type 1 MI ... , type 2 MI, or ... non-MI troponin ... TypeI #TypeII #MI ... Billing #Guideline #NSTEMI
3 ECG patterns for Acute Occlusion MI (OMI) without meeting ST elevation criteria
 • Posterior MI
Acute Occlusion MI ... • Posterior MI ... MyocardialInfarction #OMI #STEMI
Myocardial Infarction - Definition and Types

Type 1 - Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction
 - Atherosclerotic plaque rupture or
Related to PCI - 4b ... #Definitions #NSTEMI ... #MI #Type1 #Type2
Myocardial Infarction Definition Types

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Myocardial #Infarction #Classification #Types #Definitions #MI #NSTEMI #Type1 #Type2 #Demand
#Definitions #MI ... #NSTEMI #Type1
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
ECGs - Ischemia MI ... new/old infarct STEMI ... • DDx: Acute STEMI ... early inferior MI ... electrocardiogram #cardiology #STEMI
Myocardial infarction:
Classified into 5 types based on etiology and circumstances:

Type 1: Spontaneous MI caused by ischemia
1: Spontaneous MI ... Type 4b: Associated ... #MI #Ischemia #myocardialinfarction
Post-MI Free Wall Rupture
1. What's the role of revascularization when presenting with late STEMI?
2. What are
Post-MI Free Wall ... presenting with late STEMI ... (FWR) after an MI
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
type-I vs. type-II MI ... probably a type-2 MI ... probably a type-1 MI ... Type2 #Definition #NSTEMI