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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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light-headedness, dizziness ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Fibrillation #Cardiology #Management
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 
OF ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY. 

Primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency:
 - Tiredness, weakness, mental depression
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS ... weight loss - Dizziness ... , orthostatic hypotension
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Diagnosis and Management ... Hearing loss, Dizziness ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... Level: 150mg/kg Management ... Toxicology #diagnosis #management
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
syndrome) and orthostatic ... further guide management ... examination, including orthostatic ... should be guided by clinical
Pulmonary Embolism Therapies

Aligning therapeutic options with the severity of pulmonary embolism. Yellow boxes represent therapies requiring
Pulmonary Embolism ... the severity of pulmonary ... in prospective clinical ... trials #Pulmonary ... Therapies #Severity #Management
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... on scores and clinical ... @nickmmark #Pulmonary ... prognostication #diagnosis #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... Management ● Early ... ● Supportive management
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... 6 months after pulmonary ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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Diagnosis and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... Trauma #Video #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary