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Congenital Heart Disorders - Classification and Differential Algorithm

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Congenital #Heart #Disorders
Congenital Heart ... #Diseases #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Cardiology ... Cyanotic #Pink #Blue
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
TACHYCARDIA • CONGENITAL ... STRUCTURAL DISEASE ... ACQUIRED VALVULAR DISEASE ... • PULMONARY DISEASE ... Differential #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Simplified Diagnosis of Metabolic Disorders
#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Inherited #Congenital #Metabolism #Metabolic #Diseases #Disorders #Ketones #Ammonia #Differential
#Diagnosis #Peds ... Pediatrics #Inherited #Congenital ... Metabolism #Metabolic #Diseases ... #Disorders #Ketones ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Cardiac: • Congenital ... Heart Disease ... • Arrhythmia ... #Event #ALTE #BRUE ... #Causes #Peds #
Arrhythmias - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
May present as: palpitations, dizziness, syncope, chest discomfort
Cardiac Causes:
 - Structural
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Valve disease ... Anemia • Fever ... Generalized Anxiety Disorder ... #Cardiology #Differential
Algorithm for the Evaluation and Management of Suspected Congenital Heart Disease in Neonates

Neonates with undiagnosed congenital
Algorithm for the ... Heart Disease in ... heart disease may ... Neonates #Neonatal #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Cardiology
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Sickle cells - Consider sickle cell disease (diverse genotypes):
Consider sickle cell disease ... Basophilic stippling - Congenital ... Cold agglutinins disease ... , Hemoglobin H disease ... bartonella (oroya fever
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Bradycardia Cardiac Disease ... Myocarditis • Congenital ... disorders • Cardiomyopathies ... Infections: • Lyme disease ... • Chagas disease
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
heart disease ... myocarditis • Valvular disease ... heart diseases ... acquired heart disease ... Structural heart disease
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Cardiac disease: Myocardial ischemia / infarction, Myocarditis, Congenital disorders, Cardiomyopathies,
Diagnosis • Cardiac disease ... , Myocarditis, Congenital ... Lyme disease, diphtheria ... , typhoid fever) ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology