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Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... tolerance, and ankle ... Less Typical Symptoms ... : weight gain, lung ... #management #cardiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... Extrapulmonary: ankle ... abnormal LFT): 12 ... #Management #Signs
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Diagnosis/Presentation ... Symptoms • 65 ... unilateral* • POCUS ... COVID19 #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #Summary
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is conscious, symptoms ... Obtain a 12-lead ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Marantic Endocarditis 

Epidemiology:
 - Incidence of non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis (marantic endocarditis if associated with cancer) is
with no signs/syrnptoms ... - Lung, Pancreas ... #Endocarditis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
duration is 6 to 12 ... fumigatus, A. flavus ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... #Management #Infections
Management of Anthracyclines and HER2 Antagonist Cardiotoxicity
Anthracyclines cause cardiomyopathy:
 ✖ Reduction in left ventricular ejection fraction
Management of Anthracyclines ... heart failure symptoms ... patients • LVEF 6-12 ... of therapy • Long-term ... Cardiotoxicity #cardiology
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Several of the diagnoses ... This post will focus ... particularly ribs 9-12 ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary