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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Function Test (LFTs) Elevation ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #Liver #FunctionTest ... #LFTs #Elevation
Reperfusion Management of Myocardial Infarction with ST-segment Elevation (STEMI)

#STEMI #PCI #Fibrinolysis #Transfer #Reperfusion #Algorithm #Timeline #Cardiology
Reperfusion Management ... with ST-segment Elevation ... Timeline #Cardiology #EMS
Altitude Sickness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Mountain Sickness (AMS ... Presentation, Elevation ... Sickness #Mountain #AMS ... HAPE #Diagnosis #Management ... #Elevation #Comparison
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Presentation: • Elevations ... Muscle Symptoms (SAMS ... myasthenic syndrome (LEMS ... ) • EMG shows ... myopathy #diagnosis #management
Treatment of NMS
 Dopamine antagonists should be discontinued immediately in patients suspected of NMS. Like SS,
Treatment of NMS ... patients suspected of NMS ... hyperthermia, and management ... milder cases of NMS ... #Syndrome #NMS
Acute coronary syndrome: Assessment of acute chest pain of suspected cardiac origin #Management #EM #Student #ACS
cardiac origin #Management ... #EM #Student #ACS
Paediatric Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Checklist
- Optimize Positioning
- Essential Life Support
- Advanced Life Support
- Post-ROSC Care
- Pre-departure
Peds #Pediatrics #EMS ... #Prehospital #Management
Comparison - Serotonin Syndrome, Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome, and Malignant Catatonia

- BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#Serotonin #Syndrome #Neuroleptic
Malignant #Catatonia #NMS ... comparison #diagnosis #management
The modified Sgarbossa Rule uses proportions to identify acute AMI in the setting of ST-elevations in
identify acute AMI ... setting of ST-elevations ... - Ratio of ST-elevation ... MI #Diagnosis #EM
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
younger than other ACS ... Variable troponin elevation ... cardiology #diagnosis #management