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Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
•
Findings Causes ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Differential # ... Causes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Adie's Pupil
What? Unknown nature & benign
 • Regular and mildly dilated pupil (4-6mm);
 • Light-near dissociaton;
• Light-near dissociaton ... Young females Differential ... • Other causes ... #Adies #Pupil #PhysicalExam ... #neurology #ophthalmology
Prolonged neuromuscular blockade - Differential Diagnosis
- Drugs, Acid-base Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte abnormalities

By Mark Harris, MD
neuromuscular blockade - Differential ... Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic ... blockade #Prolonged #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Anesthesiology ... #Causes #complications
Causes of Prolonged Emergence - Anesthesiology

Prolonged Drug Action:
• Overdose 
• Hypothermia (< 33 C) 
• Incr
Causes of Prolonged ... Emergence - Anesthesiology ... • Alcohol Neurologic ... Prolonged #Emergence #Anesthesiology ... #Causes #Differential
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
maintained fever CAUSES ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... brain injury By Association ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Causes #Anesthesiology
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves • Caused ... Atrioventricular dissociation ... it indicates AV dissociation ... activation from SVT (e.g ... AWaves #diagnosis #cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Tachycardia - ECG ... Definition and Causes ... WCT #diagnosis #cardiology ... #definition #differential ... #causes
ST depression & T wave inversion causes #Pathophys #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Differential #TWI #STD #TWaveInversion
wave inversion causes ... Pathophys #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #MedStudent #EKG ... #Differential #
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Diagnosis and Causes ... Paraclinical assessment: EKG ... pericarditis • Rule out differential ... #Myocarditis #differential ... #cardiology #MRI
Causes of Congenital Anomalies - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malformation
 • Embryonic development failure or inadequacy (often multifactorial)
Deformation
Causes of Congenital ... Anomalies - Differential ... (e.g. ... Anomalies #Anomaly #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes