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Causes of Drug-Induced Cardiomyopathies

#DrugInduced #Medications #Cardiomyopathy #Cardiomyopathies #Differential #Causes #Cardiology #Pharmacology
Causes of Drug-Induced ... Cardiomyopathies #DrugInduced ... Cardiomyopathies #Differential ... #Causes #Cardiology ... #Pharmacology
Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis - Causative Medications 
and Level of Suspicion 

High Risk:
Antigout:
of Suspicion High ... : allopurinol Antibiotics ... , piroxicam #Differential ... #Medications #DrugInduced ... #Causes #SJSTEN
DRESS-associated drugs

DRESS syndrome can be life threatening and it has a documented mortality rate of about
All kinds of drugs ... anticonvulsants and antibiotic ... Syndrome #DIHS #DrugInduced ... #Medications #Causes ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... • NSAIDs • ACE ... Beta blockers • Antibiotics ... #diagnosis #causes
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
with a normal echocardiogram ... Workup for cause ... highest on my differential ... EtOH causes thiamine ... Fingernails #Nailbed #Cardiology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PseudoHyperkalemia:
 • Lab error
 • Traumatic venipuncture
 • Hemolysis, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis
 •
Hyperkalemia - Differential ... phlebotomy High ... • NSAIDs • ACE ... Beta blockers • Antibiotics ... #diagnosis #causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Physiologic Causes ... Hyperdynamic circulation/High ... • Mitchell et al ... #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... Elevation - Differential ... • Short QT, high ... voltage Other Causes ... #diagnosis #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
extraction is so high ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... “one size fits all ... #echocardiogram
Complex Aortic Atheroma on Suprasternal Notch View 
Never forget the suprasternal view during standard TTE examination.

Would
plus statin in all ... cases. ... bleeding risk is not high ... Atheroma #aorta #SSN #Echocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology