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Intern Pocket Cards - Increasing Levels of Care

 • Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
 • Intermediate Care/Step-Down
• Intensive Care ... • Long-Term Acute ... Facility (SNF) • Acute ... Disposition #Discharge #table ... #internship #comparison
Typical Clinical Features of Major Causes of Acute Chest Discomfort

#ChestPain #Features #Signs #Symptoms #Comparison #Table #Characteristics
Major Causes of Acute ... Chest Discomfort ... ChestPain #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison ... #Table #Characteristics
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
week of becoming acute ... period without chest ... Serial EKGS in pts are ... EKG #ECG #Electrocardiogram ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Differential diagnosis of Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Nodular LCH:
- Sarcoidosis: perilymphatic distribution.
- Metastases: random distribution.
Cystic LCH:
- LAM: round
: 'signet ring sign ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CTChest #Cystic ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Features That Differentiate Acute Pericarditis from Myocardial Ischemia or Infarction and Pulmonary Embolism

In contrast to the
Differentiate Acute ... pain from acute ... Pericarditis #Symptoms #Signs ... #Presentation #comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
Approach to ECGs - VT vs. SVT - Wide Tachycardias
DDx = VT vs. SVT with BBB
All
All of the below are ... - Brugada's sign ... VT #VTach #SVT #Comparison ... Versus #ecg #ekg #cardiology ... #diagnosis #electrocardiogram
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Chest x-ray: signs ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... effusions). 1/5 pts w/ acute ... Other: Electrocardiogram ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
V2 • Wellens sign ... pain • Wellens sign ... deviation) • Acute ... #differential #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
STE: "Pardee's sign ... (Eiffel Tower sign ... weeks following an acute ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... Signs of poor perfusion ... Signs of congestion ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table