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Failure to Thrive - Evaluation Checklist
 • History: Baseline, ADLs/iADLs, Med Rec, ROS, Social support &
Failure to Thrive ... - Evaluation Checklist ... , 25-OH Vit D, ECG ... PT, OT, Social work ... #diagnosis
Normal QT Interval Measurement
General rule: QT interval should be < 1/2 RR interval
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interval - Only works ... #QTc #Interval ... #Measurement #cardiology ... #diagnosis #ecg ... #ekg #electrocardiogram
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... hyponatremia, AKI, etc ... /management of shock ... will also get an EKG ... #diagnosis #workup
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Approach to ECGs ... • ↑ Ca - short QT ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #EKG #Checklist ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... gallop • Abnormal ECG ... block • Heart failure ... cardiac death Management ... #Management #Cardiology
Congenital Long QT Syndrome: Illness Script

Who?
 - Kids or young adults, usually < 30
 - high
**Get baseline EKG ... meds Why? ... abnormalities - Avoid QTc ... LongQT #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... causing heart failure ... #Endocarditis #checklist ... #criticalcare #diagnosis ... #management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Checklist Evaluation ... cardiogenic shock #Checklist ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
especially in heart failure ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
O2, Monitors, ECG ... Chest Pain • ECG ... #bradycardia #diagnosis ... #differential #management ... #cardiology