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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
ELEVATION Mnemonic for Causes of ST Segment Elevation

E - Electrolyte Abnormalities
L - Left Bundle Branch Block
E
ELEVATION Mnemonic ... of ST Segment Elevation ... Aneurysm T - Treatment ... Vasospasm #ELEVATION ... Cardiology #ST #Elevation
Owing to the morbidity and need for urgent treatment, STEMI is the default diagnosis is patients
need for urgent treatment ... patients with ST elevations ... Cardiology #EKG #ECG #STElevation
Reperfusion Management of Myocardial Infarction with ST-segment Elevation (STEMI)

#STEMI #PCI #Fibrinolysis #Transfer #Reperfusion #Algorithm #Timeline #Cardiology
Reperfusion Management ... with ST-segment Elevation
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Myocardial injury (ST elevation ... Low voltage Treatment ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Variable troponin elevation ... tests in cath lab Treatment ... cardiology #diagnosis #management
FAST HUGS BID - ICU Checklist Mnemonic
F - Feeding
A - Analgesia
S - Sedation
T - Thromboprophylaxis
H -
- Head of Bed Elevation ... Checklist #Mnemonic #management
Recommendations for initial management of Unstable Angina/NSTEMI

Flowchart for class I and class lla recommendations for initial
Recommendations for initial management ... recommendations for initial management ... — ST-segment elevation ... UnstableAngina #Management
Altitude Sickness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Presentation, Elevation ... , Timing, Treatment ... HAPE #Diagnosis #Management ... #Elevation #Comparison
In general, we expand antibiotics too soon in cellulitis, as clinical response (e.g. reduction in edema/erythema,
insufficiency + inadequate elevation ... #EBM #ID #Management