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Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Chest Pain / ACS ... Ask about: - Changes ... physical activity - Nausea ... #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology
The Diagnostic Approach to Hyperkalemia
Drugs
 - Amiloride
 - Spironolactone
 - Triamterene
 - Trimethoprim
 - Pentamidine
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The Diagnostic Approach ... cell disease - Renal ... LMW heparin - ACE-I ... Diabetes mellitus - Acute ... #Hyperkalemia #Algorithm
Hyperuricemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary - Over-production
     • Increased turnover of nucleotides
Primary
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Primary ... (ALL) • Acute ... drugs • ACE ... #causes
Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
Acute Altered Mental ... Management 1) Ask ... the underlying cause ... #altered #mental ... status #Management #criticalcare
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... AKI) What to ask ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... AKI #Nephrology #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
- Differential Diagnosis ... Thyroid - Lung - Renal ... Tumors #Tumours #MSK ... #Causes #Oncology ... #Radiology
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Glucose/Temp • ACS ... Bradycardia • Renal ... Chagas disease • Acute ... #causes #cardiology
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
mm is needed to cause ... patients who have acute ... : - Acute kidney ... proteinuria, or chronic renal ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
fatigue, altered mental ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm ... #criticalcare