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Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
- Differential Diagnosis ... whether AF is cause ... Tx: Underlying cause ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Narrow #Irregular #causes
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Bradyarrhythmia (<60 bpm)
 • Sinus Bradycardia
 • Sick Sinus Syndrome
 • SA
- Differential Diagnosis ... Junctional Escape Rhythm ... Ventricular Escape Rhythm ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis for Arrhythmias
 • SA node: Sinus bradycardia, Sick Sinus Syndrome (SSS)
 • AV
Anatomical Differential Diagnosis ... Junctional escape rhythm ... idioventricular rhythm ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #cardiology
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Definition and Causes ... ) is a cardiac rhythm ... tachycardia or WQRST Causes ... Tachycardia #WCT #diagnosis ... #differential #causes
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... pressure as a cause ... Check heart rate, rhythm ... >100 bpm sinus rhythm ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Narrow Complex Tachycardias (Simplified)

Irregular Narrow Complex Tachycardia:
 1. Atrial fibrillation
	- Usually the correct answer
 2. Multifocal
A regular rhythm ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #cardiology
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves • Caused ... e.g., junctional rhythm ... Cannon #AWaves #diagnosis
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... Heart Rate and Rhythm ... Rapid and regular rhythms ... and irregular rhythms
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
 - At
provide the earliest clues ... repolarization causes ... in conduction causes ... idioventricular rhythm ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia
Commotio Cordis 
- Commotio cordis occurs when an object strikes the chest over the heart. It
It can cause sudden ... common underlying rhythm ... Commotio #Cordis #Diagnosis