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2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA Focused Update of the 2013 ACCF/AHA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure: A
2017 ACC/AHA/HFSA ... American College of Cardiology ... Task Force on Clinical ... HeartFailure #Management #CHF ... #treatment #algorithm
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... Cystic Fibrosis, CHF ... endocrinology #causes
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treatment of Stable ... Treat underlying cause ... Treat underlying cause ... #management #cardiology ... #algorithm
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Incidence: common in APL ... Prednisone 5mg/kg ... common • Imaging: CXR ... initiation • Differential ... sepsis), PE, DAH, CHF
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Fulminant: - Acute HF ... Pericarditis, Tamponade EKG ... Low voltage Treatment ... agent, steroids, AC ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... • Vasculitis (e.g
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... complete paralysis of all ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... : Amyloidosis (AL ... #differential # ... cardiology #algorithm
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
EKG of the same ... to diagnose the case ... excludes other differentials ... that’s called “clinical ... PhysicalExam #JVP #Cardiology
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
short course of treatment ... probably much higher (e.g ... provide empiric treatment ... HSV PCR would cause ... on the basis of CSF