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Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Consider cardiac ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
worsening brady, Signs ... AMS, SOB from CHF ... , Chest Pain • ... bradycardia #diagnosis #differential ... #management #cardiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... is conscious, symptoms ... may include chest ... consultation with cardiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Other tests: • CT ... or serologies + symptoms ... sparing of the lung ... CT ... #diagnosis #management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... or TSH level if symptoms ... monitoring (vital signs ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
CT will also demonstrate signs of congestive heart failure.
On the image on the left notice the
CT will also demonstrate ... signs of congestive ... be high in the differential ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #CHF #
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... very remarkable w/differential ... in literature (NEJM ... cases (Cornelia NEJM ... #Management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of congestion ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
massiliense in CF ... /Other RGM • Cardiac ... • Clinical (Symptoms ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... of diagnosis (e.g ... neuropathy or cardiac ... #Signs #Symptoms