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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
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Overview Symptoms ... Palpitations, light-headedness ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Rate Control • ... #Cardiology #Management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
A-Fib) Summary Symptoms ... Palpitations, light-headedness ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... possibly better: • Symptom ... AFib #diagnosis #management
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... crackles in the right ... • Signs/Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... decreased respiratory rate
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Diagnosis and Management ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... degrees • Chills, night ... CXR upright or lat ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... Diagnosis: • Serology ... shock • Mortality rate ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
life • M=F Symptoms ... Less common symptoms ... sedimentation rate ... leukocytosis, psychiatric ... may present with pulmonary
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... features developing later ... fasciculations Common Symptoms ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
testing Heart Rate ... Arrhythmias: • Atrial fibrillation ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia Psychiatric ... AVNRT Red Flag Symptoms
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
monophasic Pathophysiology ... Hyperreflexia develops later ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
(e.g., atrial fibrillation ... cardiogenic) - Pulmonary ... presyncope, exertional symptoms ... slippery surfaces • Psychiatric ... Evaluation #Geriatrics #Neurology