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Some of my personal favorites:
Shock: signs and symptoms
TV SPARC CUBE:
Thirst
Vomiting
Sweating
Pulse weak
Anxious
Respirations shallow/rapid
Cool
Cyanotic
Unconscious
BP low
Eyes blank
Chest pain: differential
CHEST PAIN:
Costochondritis/ Cocaine abuse
Herpes zoster/ Hyperventilation
Esophagitis/ Esophageal spasm
Stenosis (AS)
Trauma
PE/ Pneumonia/ Pneumothorax/ Pericarditis/ Pancreatitis
Angina/ Aortic dissection/ Aortic anerusym
Infarction/ IV disk disease
Neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g. depression, Da Costa's)
RLQ pain: differential
APPENDICITIS:
Appendicitis/ Abscess
PID/ Period
Pancreatitis
Ectopic/ Endometriosis
Neoplasia
Diverticulitis
Intussusception
Crohns Disease/ Cyst (ovarian)
IBD
Torsion (ovary)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Stones
Unconciousness: differential
FISH SHAPED:
Fainted
Illness/ Infantile febrile convulsions
Shock
Head injuries
Stroke (CVE)
Heart problems
Asphxia
Poisons
Epilepsy
Diabetes
Endotrachial tube deliverable drugs
O NAVEL:
Oxygen
Naloxone
Atropine
Ventolin (albuterol)
Epinephrine
Lidocaine
Syncope causes, by system
HEAD HEART VESSELS:
· CNS causes include HEAD:
Hypoxia/ Hypoglycemia
Epilepsy
Anxiety
Dysfunctional brain stem (basivertebral TIA)
· Cardiac causes are HEART:
Heart attack
Embolism (PE)
Aortic obstruction (IHSS, AS or myxoma)
Rhythm disturbance, ventricular
Tachycardia
· Vascular causes are VESSELS:
Vasovagal
Ectopic (reminds one of hypovolemia)
Situational
Subclavian steal
ENT (glossopharyngeal neuralgia)
Low systemic vascular resistance (Addison's, diabetic vascular neuropathy)
Sensitive carotid sinus
Some of my personal favorites:
Shock: signs and symptoms
TV SPARC CUBE:
Thirst
Vomiting
Sweating
Pulse weak
Anxious
Respirations shallow/rapid
Cool
Cyanotic
Unconscious
BP low
Eyes blank
Chest pain: differential
CHEST PAIN:
Costochondritis/ Cocaine abuse
Herpes zoster/ Hyperventilation
Esophagitis/ Esophageal spasm
Stenosis (AS)
Trauma
PE/ Pneumonia/ Pneumothorax/ Pericarditis/ Pancreatitis
Angina/ Aortic dissection/ Aortic anerusym
Infarction/ IV disk disease
Neuropsychiatric disorders (e.g. depression, Da Costa's)
RLQ pain: differential
APPENDICITIS:
Appendicitis/ Abscess
PID/ Period
Pancreatitis
Ectopic/ Endometriosis
Neoplasia
Diverticulitis
Intussusception
Crohns Disease/ Cyst (ovarian)
IBD
Torsion (ovary)
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Stones
Unconciousness: differential
FISH SHAPED:
Fainted
Illness/ Infantile febrile convulsions
Shock
Head injuries
Stroke (CVE)
Heart problems
Asphxia
Poisons
Epilepsy
Diabetes
Endotrachial tube deliverable drugs
O NAVEL:
Oxygen
Naloxone
Atropine
Ventolin (albuterol)
Epinephrine
Lidocaine
Syncope causes, by system
HEAD HEART VESSELS:
· CNS causes include HEAD:
Hypoxia/ Hypoglycemia
Epilepsy
Anxiety
Dysfunctional brain stem (basivertebral TIA)
· Cardiac causes are HEART:
Heart attack
Embolism (PE)
Aortic obstruction (IHSS, AS or myxoma)
Rhythm disturbance, ventricular
Tachycardia
· Vascular causes are VESSELS:
Vasovagal
Ectopic (reminds one of hypovolemia)
Situational
Subclavian steal
ENT (glossopharyngeal neuralgia)
Low systemic vascular resistance (Addison's, diabetic vascular neuropathy)
Sensitive carotid sinus