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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Testing and Evaluation ... : Cost Effectiveness ... Cardiac enzymes, Head ... #Cost #Effectiveness ... #table #comparison
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness ... Echocardiogram • Head ... Cardiac stress testing ... diagnosis #workup #testing ... #Cost #Effectiveness
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... CHD, congenital heart ... cardiopulmonary exercise testing ... Heart 2016;102:ii1 ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Pediatric SVT - Management Algorithm
Identify SVT:
 • HR not variable
 • Abrupt rate changes
 • Infants:
SVT - Management Algorithm ... AP Stable? ... Signs of shock or heart ... tachycardia #Management #Algorithm ... #peds #Pediatric
Causes of Pediatric Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infantile:
 • Benign Focal Epilepsy of Infancy
 • West
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Structural: • Head ... Daydreaming • Syncope ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
a) Ischemic heart ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing
Estimated Medical Radiation Doses for 5 Year-Old Child

3-view ankle	0.0015 mSv	1/14th CXRs
2-view chest	0.02 mSv	1 CXRs
Anteroposterior and lateral
1 mSv 50 CXRs Head ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing ... #Study #Peds #Pediatrics
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... Cerebral Salt Wasting ... renal perfusion (Heart ... differential #diagnosis #table
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
alterations in the setting ... The heart consumes ... only 5% of the resting ... are typically able ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
alterations in the setting ... The heart consumes ... only 5% of the resting ... are typically able ... #diagnosis #algorithm