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Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
exercise intolerance, chest ... Testing: • TSH level ... level (if patient ... Anticoagulation: • Initial heparin ... severe mitral stenosis
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Transverse View

Male with high fever and right
Male with high fever ... Lemierre's Syndrome case ... ultrasound note the thrombus ... Had septic emboli ... #POCUS #Clinical
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
• Increased thrombin ... organ damage Clinical ... variants of both • Acral ... DIC • Severe Liver ... Treat primary cause
Lemierre's Syndrome on Neck POCUS with IJ Thrombosis - Sagittal View

Male with high fever and right
Male with high fever ... Lemierre's Syndrome case ... ultrasound note the thrombus ... Had septic emboli ... #POCUS #Clinical
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
flip-flopping in the chest ... or neck. ... insufficiency, stenosis ... Electrolyte imbalance • Fever ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Hepatosplenomegaly & hepatic ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial ... Diagnostic imaging of liver