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Severity of Aortic Stenosis in Adults 
Current ACC/AHA guidelines recommend cut-off values for Doppler-echocardiographic measurements of
Severity of Aortic ... common problem in clinical ... with impaired and normal ... Classification #Severity ... #Criteria #MeanGradient
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
STEMI - J point STE ... : Acute STEMI, Aortic ... inversion - STE ... T wave in V1 - normal ... Interpretation #differential
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... initial response to abnormal ... /or suspicious clinical ... metabolic syndrome criteria ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... Upsloping convex STE ... ST Elevation of Normal ... Post-cardioversion • Acute aortic ... Segment #Elevation #differential
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... Diagnostic Criteria ... Sjogren's • CSF: - Abnormal ... for brain and/or optic ... management #neurology #differential
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin Lymphoma - Clinical ... products that define normal ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... through Ann Arbor criteria
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
those coming off aorta ... Diagnosis = clinical ... very remarkable w/differential ... 50 in GCA, but normal
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
specific diagnostic criteria ... noncompliance • Clinical ... median 48 days) Severity ... initiation Clinical ... Leishmaniasis Differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Presentation: • Mimics normal ... Key Point: High clinical ... , selenium) Differential ... heart failure • Aortic