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Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
Injury in the Emergency ... high voltage Cardiac ... ED arrival MSK ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #Management #Emergency
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Diseases #ILD
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Exam showed BP 100 ... edema, and clear lungs ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c ... #pocus #clinical
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Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
II (3) 60-100 bpm ... V-pacemaker, ↑K, ICD ... Short QT <300-360 ms ... : ↑ca - Long QT ... Approach #ECG #EKG #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... stairs, brisk 4 mph ... exam Determine Cardiac ... unless prior heart/lung ... stratification #diagnosis
Red Eye - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
Redness in the eye can be caused by many conditions and
Red Eye - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... eye structures, lid ... vessels Alarm (Emergent ... Questions to Ask
Left Forearm Abscess on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Our patient was a 19-year-old male with past
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... was a 19-year-old ... presented to the emergency ... This led to the diagnosis ... Forearm #Abscess #MSK
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CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
COPD lungs and bad ... encounter challenging cardiac ... and emphysema, ask ... chest showed the diagnosis ... Pseudoaneurysm #clinical #pocus
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Canadian Syncope Risk Score
The risk tool consists of nine predictors, with the score for each predictor
Any ED systolic BP ... Troponin (>99%ile ... duration >130 ms ... - ED diagnosis ... of cardiac or vasovagal
Canadian Syncope Risk Score
The risk tool consists of nine predictors, with the score for each predictor
Any ED systolic BP ... Troponin (>99%ile ... duration >130 ms ... - ED diagnosis ... of cardiac or vasovagal