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Torsades de Pointes (TdP): Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia initiated by PVC in the setting
Torsades de Pointes ... (TdP): Pathogenesis ... functional re-entry #Torsades ... #dePointes #TdP
QTc Flow chart to minimize TdP in COVID-19 inpatients on Chloroquine/Azithromycin

Flow chart to manage effects on
chart to minimize TdP ... long QT syndrome; TdP ... : Torsades de Pointes ... #Prolongation #Torsades
Torsades, STEMI with LAD Occlusion and PCI

Truly remarkable case.
 
🚑😵Arrest➡️Mg+⚡️➡️😧awake➡️cath lab➡️100% LAD➡️🙏👍🏻❤️

- Dr. Edward Lew
@elewMD

#Torsades #LADOcclusion
Torsades, STEMI ... Lew @elewMD #Torsades ... #LADOcclusion #
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Polymorphic VT/Torsades ... Treatment Of Recurrent TdP ... Prevents future TdP ... treat current TdP ... TorsadesdePointes #TDP
ECG features of Torsades de Pointes (TdP)

#Torsades #dePointes #TdP #diagnosis #cardiology #clinical #ekg #ecg #electrocardiogram
ECG features of Torsades ... de Pointes (TdP ... ) #Torsades # ... dePointes #TdP #
Comparison of Commonly Used Antipsychotics: Haloperidol (Haldol), Quetiapine (Seroquel), Olanzapine (Zyprexa) 

Route,
Half-life, 
Major advantages, 
Disadvantages, 
Effect
Effect on QTc Torsades ... Antipsychotics #Comparison #Table
Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP) vs Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
#Diagnosis #TTP #DIC #Comparison #Table #Laboratory #Findings #RebelEM
Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP ... ) #Diagnosis #TTP ... DIC #Comparison #Table
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
Microangiopathy - TTP ... implications : TTP ... confirmatory testing for TTP ... thrombocytopenic #purpura #TTP ... Comparison #Diagnosis #Table
QT/QTc- Interval
•	Start of Q-wave to end of the T-wave (time of ventricular depolarization + repolarization).
•	Life threatening
prolonged QTc >500ms = Torsades ... de pointes (TdP ... increase in risk for TdP ... of developing TdP ... Torsadesdepointes #TdP
Antibiotic Susceptibility Table for Routine Gram Positive Infections

*** AUTHOR UPDATE NOTE 3/2019: TMP/SMX should, at best,
Susceptibility Table ... UPDATE NOTE 3/2019: TMP ... Susceptibility #Table