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HEART Score and MACE
History
ECG
Age
Risk factors
Troponin
LOW RISK = HEART score ≤ 3

#HEART #Score #MACE #cardiology #diagnosis #risk
History ECG Age Risk ... factors Troponin ... LOW RISK = HEART ... cardiology #diagnosis #risk
HEART Score allows us to risk stratify low risk chest pain patients and get them out
Score allows us to risk ... stratify low risk ... with a single troponin ... #HEART #Score #RISK
Since these risk factors are numerous and have different effects on the malignancy risk, it is
Since these risk ... the malignancy risk ... to assess final risk ... #Diagnosis #EBM
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk ... Biomarkers (BNP, Troponin ... Pulmonary #Embolism #Risk
REBEL Review 100: Canadian Syncope Risk Score 

Predisposition to Vasovagal Symptoms (-1)
History of Heart Disease (1)
Any
Canadian Syncope Risk ... (2) Elevated Troponin ... Canadian #Syncope #Risk
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia
 • Passive rewarming - Requires adequate patient physiologic mechanisms. Inadequate for more
Low benefit, low risk ... Gastric lavage - Risks ... Peritoneal lavage - Risks ... Thoracic lavage - Risks ... management #treatment #ebm
Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
or high (5-7) risk ... TIMI low (1-2) risk ... ECG changes or troponin ... TIMI low (1-2) risk
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
2.6) - Cardiac risk ... findings - Age - Risk ... factors - Initial troponin
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
ultrasound findings #EBM ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Biliary POCUS for Cholecystectomy - Visual Abstract
What is the predictive value of biliary POCUS in terms
Biliary POCUS for ... value of biliary POCUS ... podcast/biliary-pocus-surgical-referral ... Cholecystectomy #POCUS ... ultrasound #diagnosis #ebm