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Pain Assessment and Management Initiative (PAMI) - Nerve Blocks - Nerve Distribution, Agents and Dosing Table
Pain Assessment ... Management Initiative (PAMI ... ) - Nerve Blocks ... #Management #Pain ... #Pharmacology #
Wellens' Sign: LAD-T Wave Inversion 
Life threatening T wave inversions in precordial leads. Often V2-V3 
Specific
without chest pain ... EKGS in pts are crucial ... Electrocardiogram #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Sinus Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Autonomic System:
 • Excess Stimulation: Nicotine, Caffeine, Sympathomimetics, Anticholinergics
 • Withdrawal:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Withdrawal: Alcohol, B-blocker ... Other: Fever, Pain ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #cardiology
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... intolerance • Chest pain ... Dysrhythmia, heart block ... #Myocarditis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Cardiology
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
dyspnea and chest pain ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Becks ... #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Signs: weight gain ... edema, ascites, cool ... inhibitors) • ß-Blockers ... #management #cardiology ... #pharmacology #
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Pain, Agitation, ... Observation Tool ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis
First Generation Anti-Psychotics: Mechanisms and Side Effects
Typical/Conventional Anti-Psychotics - Examples: Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine

ACh M1 antagonist - Block
M1 antagonist - Block ... H1 antagonist - Block ... brain • Weight Gain ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #psychiatry
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
from CHF, Chest Pain ... • ECG: Bad block ... Administer sedative & pain ... #bradycardia #diagnosis ... differential #management #cardiology
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
• The anterior cruciate ... present with chronic pain ... Differential Diagnosis ... ganglion cyst (cruciate ... #diagnosis #msk