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Cardiac Rupture with Pericardial Effusion

Apical 4 chamber. Note larger right sided pericardial effusion with significant compression
Cardiac Rupture ... Shortly after had ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound ... #Cardiology #A4c ... #clinical
Causes of Pericarditis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Coxsackie
 • Echovirus
 • Adenovirus
 • Epstein-Barr virus
Causes of Pericarditis ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Post-cardiac ... #Causes #Cardiology
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Descents, Rales,+S4 ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
It can be divided ... into cardiac syncope ... syncope (ruling out differential ... should be guided by clinical ... The treatment strategy
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac
Refeeding Syndrome Overview

What Is It?
	• Electrolyte/fluid shifts caused by initiation of nutrition in severely malnourished patient.
This can be fatal ... severe clinical ... thiamine) Late: • Cardiac ... hyperparathyroidism Treatment ... Syndrome #Nutrition #Differential
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... dysfunction and death can ... Treatment depends ... amphetamines) Toxic: • Radiologic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
Beside ultrasound ... In this case, the ... Northwestern University #Clinical ... #EM #Radiology ... #POCUS #CardiacUS
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Paraneoplastic effects of SCC ... Clinical Picture ... life-threatening Differential ... Clinical DX: - ... respiratory failure - Can