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HEART Score and MACE
History
ECG
Age
Risk factors
Troponin
LOW RISK = HEART score ≤ 3

#HEART #Score #MACE #cardiology #diagnosis #risk
HEART Score and ... MACE History ECG ... Troponin LOW RISK = HEART ... score ≤ 3 #HEART ... #Score #MACE #cardiology
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
HEART Score – A ... further workup and treatment ... The HEART score ... The HEART score ... www.mdcalc.com/heart-score-major-cardiac-events
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
classification, and the HEART ... score to guide ... factors Calculate a HEART ... score: - History ... - EKG findings
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Initial workup: • EKG ... Serial troponin; HEART ... score • PERC; ... Well score for
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Summary of Heart ... Blocks 1st Degree Heart ... • No Treatment ... summary #Diagnosis #EKG ... electrocardiogram #ecg
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
for metastatic infection ... fistula causing heart ... telemetry for heart ... block (+/- daily EKG ... metastatic foci of infection
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
Mild infection: ... Moderate infection ... Severe infection ... , tachycardia (heart ... oral antibiotic treatment
Pediatric SVT - Management Algorithm
Identify SVT:
 • HR not variable
 • Abrupt rate changes
 • Infants:
: HR > 180bpm ECG ... 0.2 mg/kg Unstable ... Signs of shock or heart ... 2 J/kg - Dr. ... peds #Pediatric #treatment
Initiation of ART in HIV patients with Opportunistic Infections
 • Pulmonary TB and CD4 cell count
Opportunistic Infections ... of starting OI treatment ... Antiretroviral #Therapy #HAART ... Opportunistic #Infections
Endocarditis - Duke Criteria - Major and Minor

MAJOR CRITERIA: 
 - Persistently +ve blood culture for
Coxiella burnetii infection ... - Predisposing heart ... Duke #Criteria #Score