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Pacemaker Coding Terminology
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode #Coding #Classification #Table #CoreEM
Pacemaker Coding ... Terminology #Diagnosis ... PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode ... #Coding #Classification ... #Table #CoreEM
The first three letters refer to chamber paced, chamber sensed, and response to sensed events. The
PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode ... #Coding #Classification ... #Table
Classification, Differential Diagnosis, and Features of Hyponatremia According to Volume Status 

Hypervolemic hypernatremia 
 - CHF
Classification, ... Differential Diagnosis ... hyponatremia - Diuretics ... deficit - Salt-losing ... #Table #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Loop and thiazide diuretics ... Post-obstructive diuresis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Low #Magnesium ... #Table #Classification
Causes of Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemia, UNa > 20: 
 • Renal losses, Diuretic excess,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Hypovolemia ... Renal losses, Diuretic ... deficiency, Salt-losing ... #Algorithm #Causes
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Low intake 
• poor oral intake 

Renal loss 
• Medication 
• Hypomagnesemia 
•
Hypokalemia Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Low ... Hypomagnesemia • Osmotic diuresis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Classification
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... can be high or low ... Primary polydipsia), Low ... #differential #diagnosis ... #table #sodium
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
- Differential Diagnosis ... Urinary Losses - Diuretics ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Low #Potassium ... #Table #Classification
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increase fresh gas flow ... reservoir bag moving ... ventilator bellows moving ... bronchodilator; PEEP; diuretic ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
mental status and low ... then be excreted using ... diuretics. ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table