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Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Approach to ECGs ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #EKG #Checklist ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Shock - Management Checklist ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... cardiogenic shock #Checklist ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism on ECG 

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Pulmonary Embolism ... on ECG Mid ... Differential/diagnosis ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Chest X-ray and lung ... ultrasound (exclude ... other lung disease ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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And Proteinuria (e.g ... , 300 mg/24 hr urine ... ratio ≥ 0.3, or Urine ... doubling of Cr), pulmonary ... so have high clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
status and low urine ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... with presence of pulmonary ... ECG is vital while ... algorithm #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... days before Pulmonary ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... Diagnostic tests ... & culture - Urine ... function tests - Ultrasound ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
(electrocardiogram ... segment • Epsilon #clinical ... #diagnosis waves ... This includes long ... Clinical Utility
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram ... and pulmonary venous ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology