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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Chest Pain - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Aortic Stenosis - Ischemic ... : - Vascular ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
intolerance, chest pain ... Cardiac: • Valvular ... Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... for Crises in Anaesthesia ... include chest pain ... consultation with cardiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
, tachycardia, cardiac ... leading to organ ischemia ... loss, cataracts, cardiac ... jaundice and RUQ pain ... #Immunization #peds
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Early embolic/ischemic ... insult due to vascular ... Treat underlying cause ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Resistance, Cardiac ... Resistance, Main ... Uses, Peripheral ... Internet Book of Critical ... Pharmacology #Effect #Management
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
dissection is caused ... Marfans, EDS ... disease • Cardiac ... Dissection #diagnosis #management ... #vascular
Acute and Critical Limb Ischemia
Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI):
 • Severe form of PAD that includes limb
Critical Limb Ischemia ... includes limb pain ... 11% of all PAD cases ... #diagnosis #management ... #vascular
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... - Peripheral vascular ... one post op Cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical