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Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
• Congenital Heart ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy ... Neuromuscular • Disorders ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Causes Clinical ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... Sarcomeric Protein Disorders ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Algorithm Unequal ... beats: • Left heart ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Abnormalities #Disorders ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Failure to Thrive - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Adequate Calorie Consumption
 - Increased Losses:
Causes of Failure ... Algorithm Adequate ... • Metabolic Disorders ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... respiratory distress, heart ... neuromuscular disorder ... - Other causes ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• Hypertensive disorders ... Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... (PPCM) is caused ... Rule out other causes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... ) • Valvular heart ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... teratogenic GDMT meds
Anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (AION) - Recognition of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1) Is visual loss caused
Is visual loss caused ... acute ischemic disorder ... Clinical manifestations ... #Rheumatology #Ophthalmology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
an autoimmune disorder ... Neck: “dropping head ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... immunosuppressants - Meds ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Summary Group of disorders ... Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... & restrictive cardiomyopathy ... • MRI of the heart