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Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
Seizure, coma, spinal ... immediate, prior to ED arrival ... especially with AC ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #Management #Emergency
Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Stenosis on Echocardiogram
(1) Thickened and fibrosed MV leaflets - rheumatic etiology
cardiac chambers dilated ... (5) Layered clot ... (7) patient in atrial ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #thrombus
McConnell's Sign on POCUS Echocardiogram

2 patients w/ different diagnoses.  Both demonstrate an apical 4-chamber view
patients w/ different diagnoses ... demonstrate an apical ... right heart strain related ... clinical #cardiology #a4c ... #labeled
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
., familial or dilated ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... pregnancy • May have typical ... Serial TTE and close ... #diagnosis #management
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Biventricular dilated ... (→HF) with apical ... aneurysm), mural thrombi
Tropical Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF)
snrunken ventnoes
Hallmark chronic EMF features include:
 • Apical obliteration of the left and/or
features include: • Apical ... delayed enhancement ... with overlying thrombus ... ventricles and marked atria ... EMF #cardiology #diagnosis