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Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
delta wave and short ... Syndromes #ECG #EKG #Checklist ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram ... #differential
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
500 DANGER - Short ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
deWinter T waves - starts ... EKG #diagnosis #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #STEMI ... #Equivalents #Interpretation ... #differential
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
EKG Interpretation ... de pointes • Short ... AmyChung #EKG #Interpretation ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... intraparenchymal hemorrhage ... Segment #Elevation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
aneurysm • Splinter hemorrhages ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
FROM JANE Mnemonic for Signs in Bacterial Endocarditis

F - Fever
R - Roth Spots (retinal hemorrhages, from
Fever R - Roth Spots ... (retinal hemorrhages ... Nail-bed (splinter) hemorrhages ... #Endocarditis #Cardiology ... #PhysicalExam
On the left a smoker with RB-ILD with subtle HRCT-findings.
The dominant pattern is ground glass opacification.
Additional
thickening in the basal parts ... there is a broad differential ... mandatory for the interpretion ... would be pulmonary hemorrhage ... #Clinical #Radiology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
- Overview and Differential ... aneurysm • Splinter hemorrhages ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... #Endocarditis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #cardiology
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram ... associated with a short ... QT syndrome or short ... , thorough ECG interpretation ... #cardiology #differential