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Can’t Miss ECG Findings for the Emergency Medicine Provider
- Christian Rose @ProperPolymath

#Diagnosis #Cardiology #ECG #EKG #CantMiss
ProperPolymath #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #ECG ... CantMiss #RedFlags #ALiEM ... #MustKnow #STEMI ... #equivalent
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
Cytomegalovirus disease ... duration) - Kaposi ... Burkitt's (or equivalent ... immunoblastic (or equivalent ... #List #Differential
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
in HIV/AIDS Patients ... ; Lung cancer, Kaposi ... #differential # ... diagnosis #chestCT ... #radiology
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
Equivalents / Don't ... triple vessel disease ... Ischemia #ECG #EKG #diagnosis ... #STEMI #Equivalents ... Interpretation #differential
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
STEMI Equivalents ... #Equivalents #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology #electrocardiogram
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Infections in HIV-AIDS ... 200: Pulmonary Kaposi's ... Infectious Diseases ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis ... #evaluation #differential
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
/AIDS patients ... worsening of that disease ... be present: • AIDS ... • Kaposi sarcoma ... Leishmaniasis Differential
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
volume of 10.8% (equivalent ... Initiation of IV ... Anemia of renal disease ... pathophysiology #differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Diarrhea
Osmotic Diarrhea
 1. Medications: antacids, lactulose, sorbitol
 2. Disaccharidase deficiency: lactose intolerance
 3.
tuberculosis, MAI), Kaposi ... AIDS-related: Viral ... Cytomegalovirus, HIV ... Diarrhea #Causes #Differential ... #diagnosis