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Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
→ Inflammation causes ... functional ID) Treatment ... composite endpoint of all-cause ... #deficiency #CHF ... #management #cardiology
Common MRI Sequences - Basic MRI Brain Interpretation

 • T1 Sequence - T1 is for anatomy.
Sequence - T1 is for anatomy ... Since it’s anatomic ... Iron—bc iron is ... MRI #Sequences #Radiology ... Neuroradiology #diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
patient’s absolute SBP ... Pregnancy • Well-conditioned ... conditions) • Severe iron ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... #cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
extraction is so ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #foamed ... #treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... complete paralysis of all ... Life threatening labile ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... extraction is so ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
age 10-20 • Named ... based on anatomic ... • Mechanism: fall ... fracture • ED Management ... #XRay #Diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed ... #heartfailure #chf
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
charge of its own so ... K+ in the ECF causes ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis ... #treatment #pharmacology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
that are poorly formed ... involve one, two, or all ... rings of excess iron ... factors (examples: G-CSF ... Myelodysplastic #Syndromes #diagnosis