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Diphyllobothriasis - Diphyllobothrium Life Cycle
1) Unembryonated eggs passed in feces
2) Eggs embryonate in water
3) Coracidia hatch
from eggs and are ingested ... crustaceans 5) Infected ... crustacean ingested ... fish 7) Human ingests ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Eosinophils (Eos) and hypereosinophilia (HE)
Caused by eosinophilopoietic cytokines
Common causes:
 - Drug reaction
 - Helminth infection
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hypereosinophilia (HE) Caused ... cytokines Common causes ... disease Rare causes ... Lymphoid variant (e.g ... CD3-CD4+ T cells
Causes of ST Elevation in ECG

#STElevation #STEMI #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram #Causes #Differential #ABCHELP #Mnemonic
Causes of ST Elevation ... in ECG #STElevation ... #STEMI #ECG #EKG ... Electrocardiogram #Causes
Inverted P Waves:
(A) Ectopic atrial rhythm
(B) Junctional rhythm 

#Inverted #PWaves #cardiology #diagnosis #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram #differential
Inverted P Waves ... Junctional rhythm #Inverted ... cardiology #diagnosis #ekg ... #ecg #electrocardiogram
There are two patterns of T-wave abnormality in Wellens’ syndrome:
-Type A = Biphasic, with initial positivity
negativity (25% of cases ... symmetrically inverted ... (75% of cases) ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #ECG ... #EKG #Wellens #
Hypercalcemia - EKG Findings
Causes of Hypercalcemia 
• Malignancy 
• Milk-alkali syndrome 
• Vitamin D toxicity 
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Hypercalcemia - EKG ... Findings Causes ... Hypercalcemia #EKG ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Differential #Causes
ECG characteristics in Brugada Syndrome
 a. Broad P wave with some PQ prolongation
 b. J point
ECG characteristics ... Inverted T wave ... #Diagnosis #ECG ... #EKG #Brugada #
Digoxin effect on Electrocardiogram (EKG)
Digoxin is a cardiac glycoside from the foxglove leaf
Mechanism
 - Inhibits Na-K
Electrocardiogram (EKG ... nodal conduction Uses ... Digoxin effect on ECG ... mustache) - Flag inverted ... Electrocardiogram #EKG
Causes of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Infection: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis, Abscess, Endocarditis,
Causes of Fever ... hardware, Infected ... thrombosis, (e.g ... vasculitis to cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Wellen's Syndrome 
Type A - Biphasic T wave 
Type B - Deeply inverted T wave
Type B - Deeply inverted ... Types #Cardiology #EKG ... #ECG #Electrocardiogram