Beck's triad for cardiac tamponade:
3 D's
Distant heart sounds
Distended jugular veins
Deceased arterial pressure

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ACE-I side effects (#CAPTOPRIL)
Cough
Angioedema
Potassium elevation
Taste abnormality
Oligohydramnios
Positive ketone
Renal Insufficiency
Leukopenia

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J❤nes major criteria for acute rheumatic fever:
Joint: polyarthritis
❤ Carditis
Nodules (sc)
Erythema marginatum
Sydenham chorea

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#neurology #sturge

#cardiology #murmur #semiology
rIght murmurs louder with Inspiration

lEft murmurs louder with Expiration

#jvp #pqrst #cardiology

Exception: pulmonary valve ejection click

#cardiology
Drugs with #DP in their name inhibit ADP-induced platelet aggregation : ticloPiDine, cloPiDogrel

+prasugrel

#cardiology #pharmacology
These drugs Do Block AV:
Digoxin
Beta blockers
Adenosine
Verapamil

#cardiology #pharmacology #SVT
Treatment of SVT: ABCDE
Adenosine
Beta Blockers
Calcium channel blockers
Digoxin
Excitation (vagal stimulation)

#pharmacology
Amiodarone's side effects: P
Prolonged QT
Photosensitivity
Pigmentation
Peripheral neuropathy
Pulmonary fibrosis
Peripheral conversion of T4 to T3 is inhibited

#cardiology
If the R is far from P, then you have a first degree.
Longer, longer, longer, drop! Then you have a Wenkebach
If some P don't get through, then you have Mobitz II
If P and Q don't agree, then you have a third degree

#hematology
Treatment of hemarthrosis: RICE
Rest
Ice
Concentrate
Elevation

#orthopedics #rheumatology
Causes of avascular necrosis of femoral head: ASEPTIC
Alcoholism
Sickle cell disease
Exogenous and Endogenous steroids
Pancreatitis, Pregnancy, Perthes
Trauma
Idiopathic
Collagen vascular disease, Caisson disease

#rheumatology #orthopedics
Causes of CARPAL tunnel syndrome
Colles fracture
Amyloidosis
Rheumatoid arthritis
Pregnancy
Acromegaly
Low thyroid hormone (hypothyroidism)

POEMS Syndrome
Polyneuropathy
Organomegaly
Endocrinopathy
Monoclonal gammopathy
Skin abnormalities