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Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
Bradycardia 1) ... Is patient unstable ... SarahFoohey #bradycardia ... #diagnosis #differential ... #management #cardiology
Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary/Functional
 • lnsufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic
 • Hirschsprung's Disease
 • Imperforate
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Withholding • Painful (e.g ... Anatomic • Bowel ... Guillan-Barré Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds
Causes of Pediatric Constipation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Dietary / Functional:
 • Insufficient Volume / Bulk
Neurologic:
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Withholding • Painful (e.g ... Anatomic: • Bowel ... Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... #Causes #Peds #
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
(2) Sick Sinus Syndrome ... Distal AV block - ventricular ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
inflammation (e.g ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... Hypoperfusion: Lumen (Bowel ... hypovolemia), Meds ... #Diagnosis #algorithm
EKG Interpretation Cheat Sheet
1) Rate 
 - Regular - Count-Off 
 - Irregular - Count number
aVF) • Right ventricular ... hypokalaemia or bradycardia ... WolffParkinson-White syndrome ... Arrhythmogenic right ventricular ... @AmyChung #EKG
Suspected ACS - OMI vs STEMI - Differential Algorithm

The name STEMI cognitively inspires EPs to fail
Algorithm The ... the ST segment is ... the only ECG finding ... #Algorithm #cardiology ... diagnosis #coronary #syndrome
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
(e.g., long QT ... syndrome, ARVC) ... PVC burden is ... 300 = NSVT EKG ... #cardiology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
point • De Winter syndrome ... especially if there is ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #differential # ... cardiology #electrocardiogram
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... tachycardia • Ventricular ... Valvular disease (e.g ... #Differential #