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Journal Club: June 2014
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Review of journal articles in Pediatric Cardiology. Sunday, June 29, 2014. Incidence and causes of sudden death in college athletes. Barry Maron et al. Links to this post. Drug induced Brugada syndrome in Children. Clinical features, device-based management and long-term follow-up. Conte, G., et al. Links to this post. Elevation of cardiac troponin-T, but not cardiac troponin-I in patients with neuromuscular diseases. Implications for the diagnosis of myocardial infarction. Rittoo D, et al.
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Journal Club: Prenatal Detection Rate of CHD in US
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Review of journal articles in Pediatric Cardiology. Friday, July 31, 2015. Prenatal Detection Rate of CHD in US. From Pediatrics 2015;136(2):e378-e385. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Pericardiocentesis - Using EKG via needle as guide. Prenatal Detection Rate of CHD in US. View my complete profile. Simple template. Template images by luoman.
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PediCardiology Quiz Answers: Quiz 40: Reason for bradycardia
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Quiz 40: Reason for bradycardia. Called to evaluate a term, 1-day old baby for “bradycardia” ( 90 bpm). EKG is given. (Clue: V1 rhythm strip provides best wave forms to evaluate). Question: (i) What is the cause of this relative “bradycardia” in this baby? Ii) Explain why AV block is not the primary diagnosis? Unfortunately, the T waves are flat leading to some confusion in recognizing the atrial ectopies). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Quiz 40: Reason for bradycardia.
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PediCardiology Quiz Answers: June 2012
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Monday, June 11, 2012. Echocardiogram: Aortic Arch View (Suprasternal notch view). Question 1: What is abnormal in Panel 1? Answer: (i) Left innominate vein is not see at the angle between the ascending aora and the origin of first arch vessel. (ii) Cross section of a second vessel is noted posterior to ascending aorta in addition to the usual right pulmonary artery. Question 2: What vascular anomaly should be looked for? Answer: Retroaortic innominate vein. Saturday, June 2, 2012. Picture Window templat...
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PediCardiology Quiz Answers: April 2014
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Saturday, April 26, 2014. Quiz #23 Answer: Shunt Calculcation (VSD with Eisenmenger). Answers are in red fonts against the questions. Scroll down for details of calculation. Hypothetical case: 32 year old male with VSD and Eisenmenger syndrome. Necessary data are given. What is the overall Qp/Qs? Calculate the effective pulmonary blood flow (Qep) ….1.17 L/min/m. Calculate the amount of right to left shunt ….0.35 L/min/m. Calculate the amount of left to right shunting ….0.35 L/min/m. Qp/Qs = 1.0. What is ...
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Journal Club: December 2014
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Review of journal articles in Pediatric Cardiology. Thursday, December 25, 2014. Appropriate Use Criteria for Pediatric Transthoracic Echo. J Am Coll Cardiol. Nov 11;64(19):2039-60. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc. 2014. Appropriate Use Criteria for Initial Transthoracic Echocardiography in Outpatient Pediatric Cardiology. Also, Pediatrics 2014;134:e1774. Links to this post. Tuesday, December 23, 2014. Likelihood Ratio: The AAP's Don'ts and Don'ts of Bronchiolitis, Expl. Links to this post. Li Zhong et al. Simple te...
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Journal Club: January 2015
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Review of journal articles in Pediatric Cardiology. Thursday, January 1, 2015. Review article: NEJM 2015;372:55-65. Disorders of Plasma Sodium. Causes, Consequences, and Correction. This review considers the causes and consequences of an abnormal plasma sodium. Concentration and offers a framework for correcting it. PubMed - as supplied by publisher]. Links to this post. Acute Kidney Injury detection after heart surgery in children. Rajit K. Basu, et al. JACC 2014;64:2753-62. Links to this post.
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PediCardiology Quiz: June 2012
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Quiz #20: Cardiac Catheterization. PA and Lateral frames of venous and arterial catheters are given below. Question 1: Trace the course of venous catheter. What diagnosis does this catheter-course lead you to? Question 2: Trace the course of the arterial catheter. What side is the aortic arch? Beware, this question is a trick question). Click on the image to enlarge. Saturday, June 2, 2012. Quiz #19: Echocardiogram - Aortic arch view. Question 1: What is abnormal in Panel 1?