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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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cardiac death Management ... failure therapy as needed ... Antidysrhythmics as needed ... Myocarditis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
48hrs), patient needs ... Disadvantages: Patient needs ... Devices #Comparison #cardiology ... #management #holter
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
<90/60) or the need ... DCSI #Initiative #Management ... #Cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Management during ... Management during ... e.g., ACE/ARB) need ... Cardio-OB team needed ... #cardiology #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... similar where Cardiology ... may truly be needed ... echocardiogram #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... Cardiology cannot ... may truly be needed ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #clinica
Emergency needle cricothyroidotomy instructions

#Needle #Cricothyroidotomy #Management #CriticalCare #Airway #Setup #Instructions
Emergency needle ... instructions #Needle ... Cricothyroidotomy #Management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
present, consider need ... consultation with cardiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
"Appropriate thoracentesis approach"-McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine 

#Thoracentesis #Procedure #Pulmonary #Management #Needle #Positioning
Procedure #Pulmonary #Management ... #Needle #Positioning
Needle Cricothyroidotomy Made Simple:

1. Chloraprep 
2. 14 gauge angiocath 
3. Saline flush 
4. 3mL syringe
5. 7.0
Needle Cricothyroidotomy ... ElevateMedicine #Needle ... Supplies #Checklist #Management