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Right bundle branch block (RBBB) and Left bundle branch block (LBBB) comparison

#Diagnosis #ECG #EKG #RBBB #LBBB
bundle branch block ... (RBBB) and Left ... bundle branch block ... (LBBB) comparison ... #LBBB #Comparison
Pacemaker Placement Indications
Class I:
 • Third degree block
 • Advanced 2nd degree block
 • Symptomatic Mobitz
• Third degree block ... • Alternating RBBB ... /LBBB with syncope ... without symptoms • RBBB ... • Reversible causes
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
AFIutter + variable block ... whether AF is cause ... Tx: Underlying cause ... /LBBB or identical ... Narrow #Irregular #causes
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
Absence of typical RBBB ... or LBBB morphology ... Brugada algorithm ... Aberration #Aberrancy #Comparison
LAD
IWMI
LAHB
RAD
[PHB
RVH
Lateral wall infarct
Lead reversal
Dextrocardia
Wide ORS
RBBB - terminal delay
[BBB
IVED
WPW = delta wave
Hyperkalemia
Type l antiarrhythmic drugs
Pacemaker
ST elevation
Early repolarization
terminal delay [BBB ... IVH with Strain BBB ... hypertrophy Sinus pause ... Sinus arrest SA block ... #LBBB #IVED #WPW
Infographic depicting the main pearls of various types of congenital adrenal hyperplasia for the medical student.
#CAH #algorithm ... #causes #pediatrics ... CongenitalAdrenalHyperplasia #diagnosis #comparison
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
Sinus Tachy w/ BBB ... - w/ variable block ... (3) SA node block ... 200ms from longer pause ... - Proximal AV block
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
• Antipyretics block ... antipyretics to block ... rapidly fatal • Causes ... Identify underlying cause ... #Hyperthermia #comparison
Pediatric UTI Algorithm (2-24 months of age)

Risk stratify with UTI Calc: 
 - Age months
Pediatric UTI Algorithm ... described race as black ... Emergency Medicine Cases ... Pediatric #UTI #Algorithm
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
and Management Algorithm ... sick sinus, AV block ... LIFE THREATENING CAUSES ... #Bradycardia #Algorithm