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Hyperkalemia shortens repolarization; changes in the T wave provide the earliest clues to hyperpotassemia.
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Hyperkalemia shortens ... L, decrease in conduction ... #Diagnosis #Hyperkalemia ... #EKG #ECG #Changes ... #Progression #Table
Medications for the Treatment of Hyperkalemia
The goals of acute treatment are to prevent potentially life-threatening cardiac
life-threatening cardiac conduction ... , changes on ECG ... Figure 3 is an algorithm ... , and Table 3 summarizes ... treatment of the condition
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
Adrenal Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... High Plasma E2 + Clinical ... Hypertension +/- Hypokalemia ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... with previously stable ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... #Diagnosis #indications
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Seizures • Vision changes ... Blood transfusion, Hypercalcemia ... territories signal changes ... Reversible course Differential ... • EEG: With persistent
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
as a condition ... ECG is vital while ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... during Delivery • Stable ... • Account for changes ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... Obtain EKG if: ... Change in clinical ... if result will change ... stratification #diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... -60y (hormonal changes ... hyperphosphatemia, hypercalcemia ... renal failure Clinical ... (e.g. incidental