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Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) Definitions - Stable Angina, Unstable Angina, NSTEMI, STEMI
1 STABLE ANGINA - Angina
Definitions - Stable ... NSTEMI, STEMI 1 STABLE ... the setting of a stable ... thrombus formation causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infarction • Stable ... /Unstable Angina ... • Myocarditis Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Disease • Stable ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... class (30-day all cause ... Hemodynamics (Stable ... @nickmmark #Pulmonary ... prognostication #diagnosis
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
If circulation unstable ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Consider potential causes ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... symptoms are not caused ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... TBRF is caused by ... The table below ... LBRF can be diagnosed ... can be used for diagnosis
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... • Consider moving ... until patient is stable ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Delivery • Stable ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis