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Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Epidemiology: • Rest ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... perform provocative tests ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
and Management ... Abdominal pain; ... Criteria - Either ... #algorithm #management ... #criteria #Tropheryma
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
patients with Stable Angina ... Stress Test ... ISCHEMIA #Stable #Angina ... #ChestPain #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology #EBM
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
independent prognostic value ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Measurements #Criteria
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
determine if stress test ... one post op Cardiology ... Unstable Angina ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
the following criteria ... positive tourniquet test ... and no apparent focus ... Intense abdominal ... classification #diagnosis
Small Bowel Obstruction
67 y/o M with PMH colon cancer s/p resection and colostomy, multiple SBO managed
and increasing abdominal ... diagnosis of SBO ... Angela Cai, Dr. ... Medicine #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS