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Hypotension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
- Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... Initial checklist ... Head down position ... #Differential #
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... Persistent fever, positive ... • Aggressive management ... #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Checklist for the ... Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... #PH #Checklist ... Echocardiography #diagnosis #cardiology
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Systolic Murmurs - Differential ... • Rupture • Endocarditis ... • Pulmonary Hypertension ... Systolic #Murmurs #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Secondary Causes of Hypertension ... - Differential ... Positive family ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology ... #Differential #
Hypertension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Hypertension in ... Anesthesiology - Differential ... Diagnosis and Management ... Initial checklist ... #Checklist
Causes of Severe Aortic Regurgitation - Differential Diagnosis
Acute:
 • Leaflet: Traumatic Rupture, Acute Infective Endocarditis, Acute
Regurgitation - Differential ... Acute Infective Endocarditis ... Infection: Infective Endocarditis ... Systemic Arterial Hypertension ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Blood cultures are positive ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Checklist Evaluation ... cardiogenic shock #Checklist ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
long P • ↑ Ca - short ... delta wave and short ... Syndromes #ECG #EKG #Checklist ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... electrocardiogram #differential