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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Palpitations, light-headedness ... Decompensated HF ... Rate Control • ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis and Stages

Clinical Presentation
- Exertional dyspnea
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- HF Symptoms (orthopnea, PND,
and Stages Clinical ... Palpitations - HF ... Severe AS) - Late ... Diagnosis #Stages #Management ... Signs #Symptoms #Cardiology
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... blood donor • Pathophysiology ... : Age>60, CKD, CHF ... , high rate and/ ... fluid balance, and CXR
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... → no signs of CXR ... endomyocardial biopsy Pharmacology ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... degrees • Chills, night ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR
Here another patient with free abdominal air.
Notice the very thin regular line which is the diaphragm
impression one might ... this is just some plate-like ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Free #Air
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In daily clinical ... during a period of CHF ... (right). ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Cephalization
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
with signs of CHF ... first glance you might ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural
Jones Fracture
 - More distal than your base 5MT fractures (and will also look a bit
look a bit not right ... on XR) - Intermetatarsal ... extension (cf. ... #Orthopedics #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Management
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
cystic fibrosis (CF ... with asthma or CF ... structures in the right ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest #