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Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Heart Murmur
 • Occurs during systole 
 • Crescendo-decrescendo murmur
 • Heard best
murmur • Heard best ... Decrease intensity: elevations ... squatting, leg elevation
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... Step 2: Pre-test ... probability based on clinical
Pericarditis on EKG
Stage 1 - Widespread ST elevation (<5mm) and PR depression; In aVR: ST depression
Widespread ST elevation ... depression and PR elevation ... segments, usually best ... cardiology #diagnosis #clinical
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... (LFTs) Elevation ... FunctionTest #LFTs #Elevation
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
evaluation of the clinical ... /or suspicious clinical ... the remainder, a clinical ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... and clinical context
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
Discovered by Tillett & Francis in 1930. First identified as a substance in the serum
Normal or minor elevation ... mg/L: Moderate elevation ... 10.0 mg/L: Marked elevation ... 50.0 mg/L: Severe elevation ... when using this test
Schema for documenting a type 1 MI, type 2 MI, or non-MI troponin elevation based on
non-MI troponin elevation ... based on clinical ... Infarction #Troponin #Elevation
Positive Seidel test on fluorescein stain exam

Globe rupture can be identified by a positive Seidel test
Positive Seidel test ... positive Seidel test ... with a shield, elevating ... Seidel #Positive #Test
Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
Liver Chemistry Tests ... mitochondria (mAST), Rest ... hepatocyte - Elevation ... heme (80% Hgb, rest ... Liver #Chemistry #Tests
In a patient in the supine position, raising the leg with the knee extended stretches the
A positive test ... resistance to further elevation ... (Fajersztajn’s test ... in a positive test ... This test is 90%