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Papillary muscle rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C

Rare case! 70M recent MI with acute resp failure
rupture on POCUS Echocardiogram ... - A4C Rare case ... recent MI with acute ... #A4C #clinical ... #cardiology
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Fulminant: - Acute ... HF, Cardiogenic ... Low voltage Treatment ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
This 24M presented with acute onset CP/SOB, hypoxia, HR 150s. What's the diagnosis? Treatment options? Hint:
presented with acute ... Treatment options ... Hint: this is a rare ... Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #McConnells
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs Acute ... dystonia - Spasm of muscles ... months or years of treatment ... months or years of treatment ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... fairly symmetric muscle ... respiratory, and bulbar muscles ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... the intensive care
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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subclinical disease to acute ... & Anti-Smooth Muscle ... Anti-LKM & Anti-ALC ... Abs (rare) - ... regarding need for treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... Cardiac cath if acute ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #heartfailure #chf ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... physiological response to acute ... dilated vessels, or acutely ... #echocardiogram ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... to 12 weeks for acute ... fever, chills, muscle ... Chronic, subacute to acute ... Coccidioidomycosis Symptoms: • Acute
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram ... (A4C) 48 year ... woman in ICU for acute ... PMHx recent CHF, ... #cardiology