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Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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Pharmacologic Treatment ... Esmolol - 1st-degree heart ... bradycardia, congestive heart ... , tachycardia, nausea ... Obstetrics #OBGyn #HTN #Pharmacology
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
in Congestive Heart ... In CHF, the heart ... CHF also causes ... strain on the heart ... #Pharmacology #CHF
HINTS Exam - Abnormal Head Impulse Test = Peripheral Cause

This video demonstrates:
1) Normal Head Impulse Test
Exam - Abnormal Head ... Test = Peripheral Cause ... Left 2) Abnormal Head ... for a PERIPHERAL cause ... #Test #HINTS #PhysicalExam
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
The head impulse ... with a peripheral cause ... with a central cause ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
HINTS Exam - Abnormal Head Impulse Test = Peripheral Cause

This video demonstrates:
1) Normal Head Impulse Test
Exam - Abnormal Head ... Test = Peripheral Cause ... Left 2) Abnormal Head ... for a PERIPHERAL cause ... #Test #HINTS #PhysicalExam
HINTS Exam - Normal Head Impulse Test = Central Cause

This patient as a normal head impulse
Exam - Normal Head ... Test = Central Cause ... patient as a normal head ... for a CENTRAL cause ... #Test #HINTS #PhysicalExam
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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inability of the right heart ... and other rarer causes ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... • Congestive Heart ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists - Pharmacology Summary
Mechanisms of Action: Stimulate glucose-dependent insulin release from the pancreas (GLP-1
Receptor Agonists - Pharmacology ... atherosclerotic heart ... e.g. diarrhea, nausea ... not definitively cause ... Receptor #Agonists #Pharmacology
Type A Aortid Dissection - Suprasternal View

Type A Aortic Dissection (TAD), present on this suprasternal view
supports PE or other causes ... of R heart strain ... #Notch #Aorta #POCUS