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Ischemic Evaluation Algorithm in a Non-Cardiac ICU Patient

#Diagnosis #CriticalCare #Algorithm #Ischemic #Evaluation #Noncardiac #Demand #Troponin
Ischemic #Evaluation #Noncardiac
Elevated Troponin: Always A Cardiac Problem? 
 - Barry Hambridge 
#Diagnosis #Troponin #Elevation #Elevated #Troponemia #Noncardiac
Elevated #Troponemia #Noncardiac
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
#ChestPain #Noncardiac
Approach to Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Patients underqoinq Noncardiac Surgery
1. Emergent Surgery?
2. Risk Stratify eg NSQIP
3.
Patients underqoinq Noncardiac
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

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

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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New ischemia Noncardiac
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
cardiomyopathy • Noncardiac ... and heart • For noncardiac
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
life-threatening), and noncardiac
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
New ischemia Noncardiac
Nocardia on Culture and Respiratory Microscopy
 - Gram stain from plate culture: classic beaded, branching GPR
Nocardia on Culture ... richdavisphd #Nocardia
Causes of Culture Negative Abscess - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Consider prior antibiotics as a cause of a
- Fastidious: Nocardia ... gonorrhoeae, bartonella, nocardia ... Burkholderia, Nocardia