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Syncope Diagnostic Testing and Evaluation: Cost Effectiveness
Frequency obtained - Abnormal findings - Helped determine etiology of
Syncope Diagnostic ... , Brain MRI, Cardiac ... #workup #testing ... Effectiveness #table ... #comparison
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
is desirable, e.g ... obstruction - Able ... causes of flank ... Combination of above MRI ... #Radiology #Diagnosis
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... production to cause ... : EKG ($), ECHO ... ($$$), PET CT/MRI
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... May have typical HF ... and timing with Cardio-OB
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
(e.g. incidental ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... neuropathy or cardiac ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... anterior/posterior MSK
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... disease b) CHF ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... stratification #diagnosis
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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mortality in inferior MI ... CARDIAC POWER OUTPUT ... much as 40% in cardiac ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc ... artery #catheter #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause ... #treatment #table ... #heartfailure #chf
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Na delivery): CHF ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause ... Elimination (see Table ... line, stabilizes cardiac