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Pacemaker Coding Terminology
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode #Coding #Classification #Table #CoreEM
Pacemaker Coding ... Diagnosis #Cardiology #PPM ... #Pacemaker #LetterCode ... Classification #Table
Pacemakers and Class I Indications for Pacemakers
 • Transvenous Pacemakers
 • Leadless Pacemakers
 • Class I
Pacemakers and Class ... • Transvenous ... Pacemakers • ... Leadless Pacemakers ... Indications #cardiology #PPM
Temporary / External Pacing
 • Transvenous & epicardial pacing are temporary methods of supporting brady- &
External Pacing • Transvenous ... permanent implanted pacemaker ... • Transvenous ... MD @nickmmark #pacemaker ... #PPM #Temporary
Pacemaker Identification Algorithm

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Pacemaker Identification ... application that uses ... id1455009191 Which Pacemaker ... CXR #ChestXRay #Pacemaker ... #PPM #Identification
The first three letters refer to chamber paced, chamber sensed, and response to sensed events. The
#Cardiology #PPM ... #Pacemaker #LetterCode ... Classification #Table
Pacemaker Placement Indications
Class I:
 • Third degree block
 • Advanced 2nd degree block
 • Symptomatic Mobitz
Pacemaker Placement ... • Reversible causes ... BrighamMedRes #Pacemaker ... #Indications #PPM
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
chronotropy (goal 90-110 bpm ... transcutaneous or transvenous ... 1b (lidocaine)- case
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... production to cause ... heartblock w/o pacemaker
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... implies being able ... #Calculation #Table ... #PPV #NPV #Formulas
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
10% of all lupus cases ... terbinafine, thiazidic, PPI ... Discontinuation of causal ... Positive in 60-80% of cases ... sle #comparison #table