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Lumbar Neural Foraminal Stenosis Grading 
  - Normal - No fat effacement, Keyhole appearance
Grading - Normal ... Spinal #Stenosis #Spine ... Neural #Foraminal #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #MSK ... #MRI
Lumbar Central Canal Stenosis Grading 
  - Normal - No CSF effacement 
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Grading - Normal ... Spinal #Stenosis #Spine ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #MSK ... #MRI
Cervical Central Canal and Neural Foraminal Stenosis Grading

Cervical Central Canal Stenosis Grading
 - Normal - No
Stenosis Grading - Normal ... Stenosis #Grading #Spine ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #MSK ... #MRI
Lumbar stenosis guide we created to implement consistent radiology reporting across our multi-hospital network. 
Lumbar Central
Grading - Normal ... Spinal #Stenosis #Spine ... Central #Foraminal #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #MSK ... #MRI
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Areflexia (loss of normal ... suspected, immediate MRI ... CaudaEquina #Syndrome #MSK ... #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #symptoms
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
dextrocardia, normal ... Short QT <300-360 ms ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #interpretation
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
EKG Interpretation ... T Waves: • Normal ... V1 (Invert III normal ... #Interpretation ... #cardiology #diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
= Biomarkers + ECG ... T wave in V1 - normal ... #EKG #diagnosis ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #Equivalents #Interpretation
Common MRI Sequences - Basic MRI Brain Interpretation

 • T1 Sequence - T1 is for anatomy.
Interpretation ... can’t get into normal ... brain & spine bc ... Neuroradiology #diagnosis ... #Brain #Interpretation
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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mortality in inferior MI ... have a low or normal ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc ... artery #catheter #diagnosis ... #cardiology #swanganz