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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ... Involvement In up to 1/ ... #BrokenHeart #Syndrome ... Echocardiogram #A4C #Clinical ... #POCUS
A 70 year old was presented to the urgent care center with severe retrosternal chest pain
A 70 year old was ... and a cardiac POCUS ... showed a classic syndrome ... 2017-02-01p2-3/ #Clinical ... A4c #Takotsubo #Cardiomyopathy
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Diagnosis and Causes Clinical ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid, Wild ... Hyper-eosinophilc Syndrome ... differential #cardiology #algorithm
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1- ... • Weakness: mild ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... tachycardia, reversible cardiomyopathy ... main variants: (1)
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... panel) • Alpha 1 ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
- Summary 1. ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... months before 1° ... management #cardiology #treatment
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Amyloidosis Diagnosis: 1. ... Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... -1 & IL-6 → AA Protein
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation Syndrome ... -1 and IL-6, leading ... Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
IDSA Algorithm for the Management of Purulent skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs). 
Mild infection: for
IDSA Algorithm for ... erysipelas with no focus ... oral antibiotic treatment ... or those with clinical ... #SSTIs #Algorithm
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

What?
SAPHO syndrome is a rare chronic inflammatory disorder of bone, joint, and skin characterized
SAPHO syndrome is ... Rheumatic pain Clinical ... Diagnosis: • A clinical ... and lower jaw Treatment ... -1 inhibitors, IL