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Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
, e.g., due to arrhythmias ... structural heart disease ... syncope (ruling out differential ... Further diagnostics should ... The treatment strategy
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... , Severe Valve Disease ... , Myocarditis, Arrhythmia ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... criticalcare #algorithm #treatment
Causes of Bone/Joint Pain in Sickle Cell Disease
Vaso-occlusive pain:
 • Mechanism: ischemic pain
 • Can present
in Sickle Cell Disease ... predispose to other orthopedic ... common sites: hip, shoulder ... • Differentiate ... #differential #
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
due to chronic disease ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... telemetry for arrhythmias ... of feeding • Arrhythmias ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
) • Milwaukee shoulder ... arthropathy of the shoulder ... • Treatment for ... Differential diagnosis ... tenosynovitis: Differentiate
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Cardiomyopathy • Inherited arrhythmia ... may not occur Differential ... tachycardia • Sinus arrhythmia ... more intensive treatment ... PVC #diagnosis #differential
Hyperthyroidism Overview

Clinical Manifestation of Hyperthyroidism:
 • Fatigue
 • Weight loss
 • Heat intolerance
 • Depression, nervousness
goiter (Graves' disease ... TRAb) if Graves' disease ... Cardiac arrhythmia ... ↑ AST/ALT • Treatment ... causes #diagnosis #differential
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
Hypernatremia - Differential ... The differential ... Dehydration: neurologic disease ... of correction should ... Hypernatremia #Differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... shock and severe arrhythmias ... Contraception counseling should ... started, patients should ... management #cardiology #treatment
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) Diagnosis and Management Summary

WHAT?
 • Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a common systemic inflammatory
tenosynovitis of the neck, shoulder ... motion in the shoulders ... normal and can help differentiate ... TREATMENT: • The ... mainstay of treatment