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ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
patients with Stable Angina ... Stress Test ... ISCHEMIA #Stable #Angina ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #EBM
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Epidemiology: • Rest ... angina attributed ... perform provocative tests ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
, Unstable Angina ... demand in the setting ... at rest or progresses ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
External Ventricular Drain (EVD) Troubleshooting for Neurosurgery Residents

Low Hanging Fruit
 • Has the system become disconnected
Residents Low Hanging ... • Is the setting ... "Two Tests" for ... : • The Drop Test ... Neurosurgery #diagnosis #management
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
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Non-culture-based tests ... • Molecular Tests ... susceptibility testing ... Additional management ... Diseases Consults • Echocardiogram
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
used in the ED setting ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART ... Stratification #ChestPain
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
determine if stress test ... one post op Cardiology ... Unstable Angina ... surgery Stress Testing ... medical and surgical management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... alterations in the setting ... only 5% of the resting ... #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical
GRACE-1 Guidelines for Adult Patients with Recurrent Low-Risk Chest Pain

1) Pain > 3 hours - A
Normal stress test ... and depression management ... recommended #ChestPain ... GRACE #Guidelines #cardiology ... #management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Fibrillation - Testing ... serum creatinine, test ... AFib #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology