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Performing Ankle Brachial Index (ABI) Measurement
Sensitive and Specific + Inexpensive Test for Diagnosing PAD [In Patients
) Measurement Sensitive ... Returns (Repeat Measurement ... (e.g., Exercise ... #Measurement #vascular ... #arterial #disease
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness Workup
Cost-effective tests for most patients: 
 • Orthostatic BP
 • ECG
 • Telemetry (if
Syncope Cost-Effectiveness ... indications: • Echocardiogram ... testingCardiac ... #diagnosis #workup ... #testing #Cost
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... Limited laboratory testing ... consciousness • Near-syncope ... , or syncope: Hemodynamically
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Testing Blood ... Testing: • EKG ... • Echocardiogram ... disproportionate atrial ... spleen • Fecal fat measurements
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
EGPA) • Renal: (AKI ... nose deformity • Cardiac ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... recent DAN) • EMG
Evaluation of Recurrent Falls

Core Concept:
Maintaining an upright posture requires the integrated function of multiple systems.
Disruption in
hypotension - Cardiac ... ., atrial fibrillation ... failure - Syncope ... anemia • Clues: Syncope ... Recurrent #Falls #Diagnosis