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Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
Diagnostic and Management ... STRUCTURAL: sick sinus ... THREATENING CAUSES & TREATMENT ... #Diagnosis #Management
Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... Efforts to maintain sinus ... ineffective) #Management ... dCHF #Diastolic #Treatment
Modified Valsalva Maneuver Insturctions

- 43% vs 17% response compared to the standard valsalva maneuver

Per ACLS and
the first-line treatment ... Valsalva or carotid sinus ... conversion to sinus ... to treat of 3 #Management
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
, ENT exam, CT sinus ... Specificity of 97%) Treatment ... microbiology #diagnosis #management
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
responses or carotid sinus ... further guide management ... The treatment strategy
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
remember to tailor treatment ... no pulse OR not sinus ... pulse present AND sinus ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Debridement and Management of Prosthetic Joint Infection (PJI)
Duration of symptoms <3 weeks OR  <30 days
Debridement and Management ... loosening • No sinus ... Joint #Infection #treatment ... #Debridement #Management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
episcleritis • ENT: sinus ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
syndrome, dural sinus ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
chronic draining sinus ... serum/urine Treatment ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #infectiousdiseases