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Antiarrhythmic Medications - Vaughan Williams Classification - Summary Table
Class I agents - Sodium Channel Blockers⠀
Class II
Vaughan Williams Classification ... - Summary Table ... - Sodium Channel ... #Medications #Classification ... #Summary #Table
Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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Hyperkalemia shortens ... repolarization; changes ... wave to produce classic ... Hyperkalemia #EKG #ECG #Changes ... #Progression #Table
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Diagnosis and Management ... Altered sleep, Shortened ... apathy, Personality change ... Encephalopathy #Grading #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... countries (11-24 cases ... -60y (hormonal changes ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
ASA class If ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients ... if result will change ... medical and surgical management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Management during ... Management during ... Delivery • Stable ... • Account for changes
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... Renal Epithelial Channels ... Nonspecific Cation Channel ... Heart Association class ... #Medications #Table
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
absent in severe cases ... absent in severe cases ... • Change to inhalational ... as patient is stable ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Trigger Finger - Stenosing flexor tendon tenosynovitis

There is a change in the slip between the tendon
There is a change ... The classic frame ... you may not be able ... or even not be able ... msk #clinical #physicalexam
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
Diagnosis and Management ... barium or the classic ... (HRM) Chicago classification ... Pharmacologic: Calcium channel ... Achalasia #Diagnosis #Management