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Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
several methods and ... predictive of all‐cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurements #Criteria
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Subcostal View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset HFpEF.
Pericarditis on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... hepatic vein criteria ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Echocardiographic criteria of LV Non-compaction
Chin Criteria (1990):
 • Absence of any other coexisting cardiac structural abnormality
apical • Focus ... apical • Focus ... Echocardiography #Echocardiogram ... #Chin #cardiology ... #diagnosis
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
Pericarditis on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Had diagnostic tap-fever ... #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
AKI) What to ask ... rhabdo/TLS) Causes ... 13% (mostly ATN and ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... criteria (D) a ... #a4c #pocus #clinical ... #cardiology
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
classification, and ... Ask about: - Changes ... physical activity - Nausea ... ACS #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
Brugada algorithm ... point) of S > 100 ms ... Morphology criteria ... Aberrancy #Comparison #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... an underlying cause ... about secondary causes ... #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Criteria: • Sensory ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... • Infectious causes ... #management #neurology