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Limb Lead Reversal
In order to understand why the leads look the way they do, we must
As for the aVL/aVF ... remember that aVL ... /aVF/aVR are all ... Cardiology #ECG #EKG #LimbLeads ... #aVR #aVF
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Syndrome (SSS) • AV ... Fibrillation (AF ... node: AV re-entrant ... tachycardia (AVRT), AV ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... and atleast4 case ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
Normal Sinus Rhythm - ECG Diagnosis
Normal sinus rhythm (NSR) is an impulse that originates in the
leads I, II and aVF ... • inverted in aVR ... leads III and aVL
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Determine whether AF ... is cause/effect ... Tx: Underlying cause ... • HyperK vs AF ... Narrow #Irregular #causes
Pulsating Neck AV Fistula on Physical Exam
40 year old female patient, prior history of CKD on
Pulsating Neck AV ... Typically AV fistulas ... of congenital AVFs ... jugular #carotid #AVF
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... Variceal, Cancer, AVM ... PUD, Duodenitis, AVM ... Polyps • Vessels: AVM ... differential #diagnosis #Causes
The head impulse test (HIT) result is positive (abnormal) in nearly all patients with a peripheral
with a peripheral cause ... of AVS and negative ... with a central cause ... of AVS. ... patients with an AVS
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... found in 60% of cases ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes
Myocardial infarction localization. A 12 lead EKG creates a 360 degree view of the electrical activity
perspective: II, III & aVL ... inferior leads), I & aVL ... as you can see aVR ... contiguous lead (aVR ... contiguous I, aVL