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Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... Congenital Heart Disease ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
A schema of the pathophysiology of the inborn errors of metabolism, excluding complex storage diseases. Helps
complex storage diseases ... the lab values table ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Neonatology #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Table
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... - Diagnosis and ... Causes Clinical ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pericardial ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Stable Angina ... #Algorithm #Causes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... support for patients clinically ... recurrence remains even ... teratogenic GDMT meds
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... shows a small, stable ... #differential #causes
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
fatigue despite clinical ... deficiency symptoms even ... fatigue despite disease ... /other causes • ... #diagnosis #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Any adverse events ... , follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... stratification #diagnosis
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
incomplete Kawasaki Disease ... echocardiogram, even ... if they have no clinical ... purposes of this algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... renal failure Clinical ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... (for example, cardiomyopathy