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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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Palpitations, light-headedness ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology
Amyloidosis Diagnosis
1) Patient presentation
 • Cardiac-specific signs of amyloidosis: Diastolic heart failure, Heart failure with preserved
Abnormal lg free light ... Amyloidosis #Diagnosis #cardiology
D-Sign in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram - PSAX

Pt having shortness of breath? POCUS can shed
can shed some light ... PSAX #clinical #cardiology
Peripheral Signs of Aortic Regurgitation

Corrigan sign	Prominent carotid and supraclavicular pulsations
Alfred de Musset sign	Head nodding with heart
murmur generated by light ... Insufficiency #Cardiology
Metabolic equivalents (METS) - Example Activities by Intensity - Light, Moderate and Vigorous Activities

One metabolic equivalent
by Intensity - Light ... METS #Activities #Cardiology
Light's Criteria for Pleural Effusions

#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Lights #Criteria #Pleural #Effusion #Differential

** GrepMed Recommended Text: Pocket Medicine:
Light's Criteria ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Lights
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Palpitations, light-headedness ... the size of the right ... function of the right ... disease; assess peak right ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Warfarin tablet strengths are color coded. There might be a slight variation depending on the generic
There might be a ... slight variation ... Warfarin #Coumadin #Cardiology
Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
perform the swinging light ... Normal swinging light ... room, bright pen light ... Shine light into ... Shine light into
Flowchart to interpreting pleural fluid analysis using Light's criteria and based on the British Thoracic Society
analysis using Light's ... interpretation #lights