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CHADSVASc Score - Stroke Risk in Atrial Fibrillation

A clinical mnemonic to estimate stroke risk in atrial
- Stroke Risk in ... estimate stroke risk ... greater stroke risk ... Yearly Stroke Risk ... #AFib #CHADS2VASc
CURB-65 Scoring and Risk Stratification for Pneumonia - Admission Assessment

#Diagnosis #Management #Admission #Pneumonia #Risk #Stratification #CURB65
65 Scoring and Risk ... #Risk #Stratification ... #CURB65 #Criteria ... #Severity #Score ... Pocket Medicine: The
Streptococcus Bacteremia - Indications for Echocardiogram
1) Identify the streptococci:
  - Low-risk streptococci: S. intermedius, S.
intermedius, S. pneumoniae ... - Very high-risk ... Echocardiogram #TTE ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #algorithm
Ventricular Fibrillation with AV dissociation (Pig Model)

This is in our pig model of reperfusion injury with
Ventricular Fibrillation ... Mid LAD to mark the ... area at risk. ... #VFib #clinical ... video #pig #model #cardiology
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
students, one of the ... calculate a CHADS-VASc score ... least ONE non-sex risk ... least TWO non-sex risk ... AtrialFibrillation #AFib
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
HEART score to ... 2.6) - Cardiac risk ... Calculate a HEART score ... findings - Age - Risk ... #cardiology #Angina
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
control with early Afib ... cardiovascular risk ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Coronary Artery Embolism - Etiology and Scoring
Etiology:
 • Direct: Clot (LV thrombus, LAA Thrombus), Valve (Vegetation,
source based on TTE ... vessels • Atrial Fibrillation ... Presence of embolic risk ... Major + 1 Minor Criteria ... #cardiology
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
liver disease algorithm ... NAFLD fibrosis score ... signifying a low risk ... liver fibrosis; FIB ... NAFLD Fibrosis Score