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Murmurs Needing Echocardiography Evaluation #Management #EM #IM #Cardiology #Murmur #Benign #Characteristics #Echocardiogram #ALiEM
Evaluation #Management #EM ... #IM #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #ALiEM
Differential Diagnosis of Hypoglycemia
Evaluation of Hypoglycemia
Patients with known diabetes who are not systemically ill and can
Infectious workup: CXR ... antibodies #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Hypoglycemia ... Differential #Algorithm #Drugs
Cardiac etiologies of syncope (red line above) have the highest associated mortality! #EBM #EM #IM #Cardiology
#EBM #EM #IM #Cardiology ... Cardiac #Mortality #ALiEM
Original and Simplified PESI Prediction Rule Test Characteristics for 30-Day Mortality
#EBM #Diagnosis	#EM #IM #PCC	#PESI #sPESI #risk
Simplified PESI Prediction ... Day Mortality #EBM ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI #
Stroke Rate by CHADS2 Score (Gage et al., JAMA, 2001) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=11401607 #EBM #EM #IM #Cardiology #CHADS2
term=11401607 #EBM ... #EM #IM #Cardiology ... Score #StrokeRate #ALiEM
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
renal disease), drug ... history #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Nephro #Hyponatremia
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Disease • Other: Drugs ... • Labs: CBC, cr ... anti-ANCA ab, anti-GBM ... , anti-CCP • CXR
Trick of the Trade: Naloxone Dilution for IV Use - Given that many ED overdose patients
the syringe with drug ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Naloxone
Causes of Hypocalcemia #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Endo #Hypocalcemia #Differential #Algorithm #PTH #Drugs #Ddxof
Hypocalcemia #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #Endo #Hypocalcemia ... Algorithm #PTH #Drugs
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
inhibitors • Injection drug ... Night sweats • Productive ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR