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Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... production to cause ... Nuclear SPECT ($$$), PET ... MRI ($$$$) CORE IM
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Serum Mg: GI losses, Renal losses, Alcoholism, Malnutrition, Drug-Induced
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Low Serum Mg: GI ... Serum 25-OH Vit D: GI ... chelates Ca2+) Emory IM ... #causes
Upper and Lower Causes of GI Bleed
Upper:
 • Esophagus: Tear (Mallory Weiss, Boerhaave syndrome), Variceal, Esophagitis,
Upper and Lower Causes ... of GI Bleed Upper ... Radiation CMC IM ... differential #diagnosis #Causes ... #algorithm
Hematuria Workup and Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Confirm hematuria → Urinalysis >3 RBCs/HPF, exclude mimics, repeat testing
and Diagnosis Algorithm ... mimics, repeat testing ... Nephrology if cause ... identified by UW IM ... Hematuria #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
- Anorexia GI ... type 4) - Salt wasting ... Low #Potassium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Mechanism Decreased GI ... hypomagnesemia Excessive GI ... Familial renal Mg wasting ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... Classification #Causes
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Algorithm for the ... cardioversion as per ... cardioversion Stable ... of reversible causes ... #Tachycardia #Algorithm
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
cardiomyopathy GI ... hepatic failure • GI ... light chains as part ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... of the heart GI
Radiation Dose to Adults from Common Imaging Examinations
ABDOMINAL REGION
 - Computed Tomography (CT) — Abdomen and
Barium Enema (Lower GI ... years - Upper GI ... - Tomography (PET ... Nuclear #Comparison #Table ... #Risks #Testing
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start Algorithm ... effective for treating ... If patient is stable ... try Bup 0.3mg IV/IM ... Buprenorphine #Treatment #Algorithm