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Hordeolum vs Chalazion

Hordeolum (Stye):
 • Location: Most commonly found at or near an eyelash follicle
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Hordeolum (Stye ... , swelling • Treatment ... painless lump • Treatment ... #Stye #Chalazion ... #Comparison #Table
Tachycardia - Wide vs Narrow Complex, Regular vs Irregular rhythm table

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #EKG #ECG #WideComplex #Narrow
Irregular rhythm table ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #WideComplex ... Tachycardia #Irregular #Table ... #Comparison #Differential
Owing to the morbidity and need for urgent treatment, STEMI is the default diagnosis is patients
need for urgent treatment ... features of the EKG ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #STElevation ... #STSegment #Differential
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis
Lids:
 • Stye (a.k.a. hordeolum)
 • Chalazion
 • Blepharitis
 • Periorbital cellulitis
Conjunctiva
Red Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis Lids: • Stye ... (a.k.a. hordeolum ... #Eye #redeye #Differential ... #Diagnosis #table
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Approach to ECGs ... = Biomarkers + ECG ... #Ischemia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... Interpretation #differential
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Approach to ECGs ... Brugada 1 - Coved STE ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #EKG #Checklist ... electrocardiogram #differential
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
- Malignancy (e.g ... CNS pathology (e.g ... Pulmonary pathology (e.g ... exacerbation) - Drugs (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Table
Pediatric SVT - Management Algorithm
Identify SVT:
 • HR not variable
 • Abrupt rate changes
 • Infants:
: HR > 180bpm ECG ... Monitors, Pads AP Stable ... 0.2 mg/kg Unstable ... 2 J/kg - Dr. ... peds #Pediatric #treatment
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... Dysplasias • (e.g ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... • CNS Tumors (e.g ... #ShortStature #Differential
Etiologies of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis
GI losses / Insensible losses
Sodium Overload
Transcellular Movement of Water
Central Diabetes Insipidus
Hypernatremia - Differential ... Infiltrative disorders (e.g ... - Medications (e.g ... renal diseases (e.g ... #Diagnosis #Table