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ST depression & T wave inversion causes #Pathophys #Diagnosis #Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG #Differential #TWI #STD #TWaveInversion
ST depression & ... wave inversion causes ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG ... #Differential # ... TWaveInversion #STDepression
Causes of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Insufficient Sleep
 • Poor Sleep Hygiene
 • Insomnia
Sleep Deprivation (Eg ... Syndrome Medical/Psychiatric ... Head Trauma • Depression ... • Medications (Eg ... • Drug Abuse (Eg
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
ST elevation or depression ... is conscious, symptoms ... trolley and 12-lead ECG ... CM5 continuous ECG ... Obtain a 12-lead ECG
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Surgical devices, e.g ... Sepsis (→ 3-14) e.g ... malignant syndrome (e.g ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Anesthesia #Checklist
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
Equivalents on ECG ... • Sgarbossa criterion ... #Equivalents #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential #
Alice in Wonderland Syndrome
What? Metamorphophsia - Distortions of the visual perceptions with changes in size (micro
(Many causes!) ... • Infection (e.g ... Brain lesions (e.g ... • Epilepsy • Psychiatric ... diagnosis #neurology #differential
Pericarditis can be seen on EKG with diffuse ST elevations without reciprocal changes along with diffuse
can be seen on EKG ... with diffuse PR depressions ... in refractory cases ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
and positioning (e.g ... o Endocrine cause ... (eg steroid dependency ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Platelet Disorders - Differential ... pylori test (GI symptoms ... function test, ANA (e.g ... ), (neurologic/psychiatric ... Platelet #Disorders #Differential
Pericarditis - Definition and Diagnostic Criteria
Acute Pericarditis 
 • Inflammatory pericardial syndrome to be diagnosed with
and Diagnostic Criteria ... the 4 following criteria ... ST-elevation or PR depression ... on ECG (4) ... pericarditis and a symptom-free