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HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
admission for further workup ... and treatment versus ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology ... #Score #MACE #Stratification
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Putrid sputum/sour-tasting ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable ... residual lesion or is clear ... • Vasculitis (e.g
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
had gained 15 kg ... pedal edema, and clear ... echocardiogram to workup ... diagnostic criteria ... pocus #clinical #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... one post op Cardiology ... Risk #Evaluation #stratification ... #diagnosis
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... reabsorption) Workup ... test (only if no clear ... Elimination (see Table ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis