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Vasopressors and Inotropes - Pharmacology Summary
Vasopressors
Phenylephrine (alpha-1)
 • Increases BP, SVR
 • Risk of reflex bradycardia
- Pharmacology ... Summary Vasopressors ... • Higher doses cause ... #Pharmacology # ... Summary #management
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
Complexes (PVC's) - Summary ... heart disease Causes ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... Differential Diagnosis ... Complexes #PVCs #PVC #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
- Summary 1. ... exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... therapy, including inotropes ... #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... symptoms are not caused ... (e.g. incidental ... (for example, cardiomyopathy
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... infectious disease caused ... Biventricular dilated cardiomyopathy ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Amyloidosis - Summary ... LVH, low-voltage EKG ... & restrictive cardiomyopathy ... • Restrictive cardiomyopathy ... Cardiac Testing: • EKG
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... and Management Summary ... malignant, pediatric cases ... → cardiomyopathy ... procedures (eg,
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... ECG is vital while ... patients need inotrope ... the determined cause ... icu #clinical #pharmacology