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Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
XRay - Differential ... • infection (e.g ... #Diagnosis #radiology ... #KUB #Abdominal ... #XRay
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
Approach to ECGs ... Syncope #Syndromes #ECG ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #electrocardiogram ... #differential
Approach to ECGs
Check
 - Age, gender, name
 - 25mm/s; 10mm/mV
 - 1mm = 40ms; 0.1 mV
Rate
500 DANGER - Short ... 360 ms: ↑ca - Long ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #interpretation
Approach to ECGs - Tachy/Bradyarrhythmias
Tachyarrhythmias - HR > 100
Wide
  (1) VT - DANGER
  (2)
AV block 1º - long ... bradyarrhythmia #ECG ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #differential
Approach to ECGs - Ischemia
MI = Biomarkers + ECG or echo/angiogram findings
Pathologic Q - 1/3 height
deWinter T waves - starts ... #EKG #diagnosis ... #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #STEMI ... Interpretation #differential
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Other: Electrocardiogram ... #management #cardiology
Pulmonary Embolism on ECG 

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Differential/diagnosis ... See thread for POCUS ... Pulmonary #Embolism #ECG ... #EKG #Electrocardiogram ... #clinical #cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Segment Elevation - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Segment #Elevation #differential ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... nodes • Roth’s spots ... Marantic (NTBE) Differential ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... #management #cardiology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
one post op Cardiology ... risk Chest X-ray ... unless prior heart/lung ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis