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Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
: • Focused medical ... Lightheadedness/dizziness ... due to decreased brain ... flow (VT/Vfib/Afib ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
light-headedness, dizziness ... Decompensated HF ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... Shock, Autoimmune disease ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause ... #management #neurology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... May have typical HF ... deteriorating on medical ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
b) CHF c) ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... one post op Cardiology ... and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
fatigue, altered mental ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #heartfailure #chf
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... Nausea & vomiting ... is common 65%. median ... University Infectious Diseases ... meningitis #T2 #MRI #Brain