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Alternatives to opioids for pain management in the emergency department decreases opioid usage and maintains patient
Pain pathways by ... #Indications #Pathways ... #Table #MSK #Migraine
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
and extrinsic pathways ... in the common pathway ... Causes include : ... Pre-analytical cause ... to the common pathway
Wide Complex Tachycardia - ECG Definition and Causes
 • Wide Complex Tachycardia (WCT) is a cardiac
Definition and Causes ... tachycardia or WQRST Causes ... anterograde accessory pathway ... diagnosis #cardiology #ekg ... #differential #causes
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Categorized by causes ... Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK ... Pleuritic #ChestPain #Causes ... #Differential #Algorithm
Approach to Low Back Pain - Differential Algorithm
- Non-MSK
- Axial / Musculoskeletal
- Radicular
- Systemic Disease (Do
- Differential Algorithm ... - Non-MSK - Axial ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Causes
Vereckie Algorithm - Lead aVR - Ventricular Tachycardia - Telemetry Diagnosis
WCT is VT IF:
 • Initial
Vereckie Algorithm ... or q wave > 40 ms ... #Vereckie #Algorithm ... diagnosis #cardiology #ekg ... #ecg #telemetry
Causes of Abnormal PT and/or aPTT
Prolonged Prothrombin Time (PT)
1. Acquired deficiency of FVII
Causes of Abnormal ... deficiencies: Contact pathway ... Pre-analytical cause ... to the common pathways ... aPTT #Prolonged #Causes
Inflammatory Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Monoarticular
 • Gout (Podagra, Tophi)
 • Pseudogout
 • Early
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Reactive (e.g ... Inflammatory #JointPain #MSK ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Causes of Splenomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Infectious
 • Bacterial
 • Viral (EBV)
 • Parasitic
 • Fungal
Congestive
Causes of Splenomegaly ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Thrombus (e.g ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPW) is one of several disorders of the electrical system of the heart that
WPW is caused by ... electrical conduction pathway ... this abnormal pathway ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG