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Pleural Effusion - Workup, Diagnostic Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural #Effusion #Transudative #Exudative #Differential #Algorithm
Pleural Effusion ... Workup, Diagnostic Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #Pleural ... #Effusion #Transudative
Typical ECG changes in acute pericarditis includes: stage 1 - diffuse, positive, ST elevations with reciprocal
Elevation of PR ... depression of PR ... inverted #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Pericarditis
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
prolongation of the PR ... electrocardiogram (ECG ... QRS complex, the PR ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
prolongation of the PR ... electrocardiogram (ECG ... QRS complex, the PR ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG
Differential Diagnosis of Pericardial Effusion #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Cardiology #Pericardial #Effusion #Differential #Algorithm #Incidence #Ddxof
of Pericardial Effusion ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Cardiology ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #Differential #Algorithm
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
blood cultures - ECG ... antibodies #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Hypoglycemia ... #Differential #Algorithm
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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causes prolonged PR ... sine wave (QRS-T fusion ... #Hyperkalemia #EKG ... #ECG #Changes # ... Progression #Table
Mobitz II heart block is characterized on a surface ECG by intermittently nonconducted P waves not
characterized on a surface ECG ... not preceded by PR ... not followed by PR ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment Algorithm ... Midazolam 10 mg IM ... IV, then infusion ... IV, then infusion ... Epilepticus #Treatment #Algorithm
Management of Convulsive Status Epilepticus in children
Stabilization Phase (Seizure 0-5 minutes):
 • Check and maintain ABC
OR • PR Diazepam ... OR • IM Midazolam ... (max: 1000 mg) infusion ... by continuous infusion ... pediatrics #peds #algorithm