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Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Diagnosis Framework ... BRADI Mnemonic ... blocking agent • Shock ... #causes #cardiology ... #BRADI #Mnemonic
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... Have the patient tap ... congenital or acquired ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Pulmonary teaching case ... drain - What’s the diagnosis ... pleural space, fluid can ... surgery is required ... #PhysicalExam #clinical
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
-> 40 years • Can ... to 8 years Clinical ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... severe community-acquired ... DDX - Other causes
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... establishing a diagnosis ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #clinica
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
: • Based on clinical ... More likely to cause ... should undergo chest ... glucocorticoids - can ... cause transient
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
surgery usually not required ... Differential Diagnosis ... - Can cause ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... and M. fortuitum can ... Complex (MAC): • Acquired ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical