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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - Right Ventricular Involvement 

In up to 1/4 of cases of stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo),
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 ... 2017-02-01p2-3/ #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #Takotsubo
Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome - Basal Subtype
Atypical Takotsubo Syndrome in patient requiring ECMO
1. 6% of MI have
Atypical Takotsubo ... requiring ECMO 1. ... Basal #Subtype #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus ... #echocardiogram
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
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 ... main variants: (1) ... #treatment #neurology
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
Kawasaki Disease 1. ... Infants ≤6 months old ... if they have no clinical ... echo is positive, treatment ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
-1 and IL-6, leading ... Clinical Presentation ... Fever is the main clinical ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Diagnosis #Management
SAPHO Syndrome Summary

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

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... respiratory distress syndrome ... including: 1. ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... macrophages Treatment
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
: 1. ... Clinical suspicion ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... -1 & IL-6 → AA Protein ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram