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Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
• Ventricular tachycardia ... Medication side effect (e.g ... Medication side effect (e.g ... Classification #Table ... #Causes
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Approach to ECGs ... flutter (3) SVTs ... 200ms from longer pause ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Algorithm for the ... of Ventricular Tachycardia ... cardioversion Stable ... of reversible causes ... • Normal QTc
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... Valvular disease (e.g ... consciousness • Near-syncope ... , or syncope: Hemodynamically
WOBBLER  for ECG assessment in Syncope 
W - Wolff Parkinson White 
O - Obstructed AV
WOBBLER for ECG ... so called coved ST ... , can be caused ... characteristically cause ... #EKG #ECG #Diagnosis
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
 - At
prolonged PR and QT ... diminished and ST ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia ... #EKG #ECG #Changes ... #Progression #Table
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
arrhythmia syndromes (e.g ... ., long QT syndrome ... EKG Findings ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complexes #PVCs #PVC #diagnosis
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
evaluate potential causes ... pathway that can cause ... • Epsilon #clinical ... #diagnosis waves ... Clinical Utility
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... - Differential Diagnosis ... block; and sinus tachycardia ... #cardiology #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Loperamide and QT Prolongation - Recently, there have been increasing cases of cardiotoxicity associated with high-dose
This EKG is from ... prolongation, ventricular tachycardia ... dysrhythmias, syncope ... #Clinical #Toxicology ... #ECG #EKG #Loperamide