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Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
bilateral, malignant, pediatric ... at autopsy • Age ... leukocytosis, psychiatric disorders ... erythropoietin • Cardiomyopathy ... → cardiomyopathy
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy ... Neuromuscular • Disorders ... Breath-holding spell (age-dependent ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... Differential Diagnosis ... heart disease • Hypertensive ... pre-eclampsia, hypertension ... #cardiology #treatment
Age Distribution of Hypertension Etiologies
< 1 month
 - Renal arterial thrombosis
 - Congenital renal disease
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Age Distribution ... - Endocrine disorders ... Mendelian genetic disorders ... Secondary #diagnosis #differential ... #age #pediatrics
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
syndrome, ARVC) • Hypertension ... Causes: • Hypertension ... may not occur Differential ... PVC #diagnosis #differential ... #cardiology
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Anaphylactic → severe lgE-mediated ... Cold and Wet): • Cardiomyopathic ... severe pulmonary hypertension ... types #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... : • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis ... : • Valvular disorders ... Myeloproliferative disorders ... PP and systolic hypertension
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... : Conduction disorders ... Biventricular dilated cardiomyopathy ... q12h)x60 days • Pediatric ... 90-120 days • Pediatric
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... 20 mg q6hr) - Hypotension ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic cardiomyopathy ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #Management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Hypotension - Guidelines ... airway device are ... adult, 10 ml.kg-1 paediatric ... #Differential # ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management