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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
severity of symptoms, first ... sometimes advanced treatment ... flare ups that cause ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... HeartFailure #Staging #Classification
Five Categories of Shock According to Primary Treatment of Causes and Problems

#Shock #Categories #Classification #Differential #Causes
According to Primary Treatment ... of Causes and Problems ... Shock #Categories #Classification ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #Cardiac #Heart #Tumors #Masses #Differential #Classification
#Diagnosis #Cardiology ... Heart #Tumors #Masses ... #Differential #Classification
The Aetiology of Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) in the Structurally Normal Heart and in Structural Heart Disease
#Tachycardia #Classification ... #Causes #Structural ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Pericarditis can be seen on EKG with diffuse ST elevations without reciprocal changes along with diffuse
First line treatment ... in refractory cases ... #Pericarditis #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Angioedema - Classification Diagnosis and Treatment
Types of Angioedema:
 • Acute allergic angioedema - Usually occurs with
Angioedema - Classification ... Diagnosis and Treatment ... to months after first ... cell-mediated in > 90% of cases ... #Types #Diagnosis
Glomerular Diseases - Nephritic and Nephrotic Syndromes

Nephritic syndrome—due to GBM disruption. 
Hypertension. t BUN and creatinine.
RBC casts in urine ... but in severe cases ... Nephrotic #Syndromes #Classification ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Kidney Injury - Classification ... tubular necrosis (causes ... Kidney #Injury #Classification ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Medications associated with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

First-generation and second-generation antipsychotics are dopamine receptor antagonists, which produce a
malignant syndrome First-generation ... after years of treatment ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Medications #Drugs #Causes
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
→ Inflammation causes ... and iron release Diagnosis ... functional ID) Treatment ... endpoint of all-cause ... #management #cardiology