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START is a rapid triage system for prioritizing disaster victims
Briefly, it is based around:
- Is the
Is the patient breathing ... - What is the respiratory ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #MassCasualty #Incident ... #Triage #Algorithm
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
patient with a diagnosis ... observe how the respiratory ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #breathing #respiratory ... #pulmonary
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
patient's work of breathing ... the patient's diagnosis ... blow off” CO2 in a ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Noninvasive Ventilation Summary
Positive pressure ventilation that is delivered through a nasal, mask, or helmet interface and
delivered through a ... nasal, mask, or ... pressure throughout respiratory ... #Ventilation #management ... #pulmonary
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... Epidemiology 1) High incidence ... granulomas in a ... (e.g. incidental ... anterior/posterior MSK
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Epidemiology: • Incidence ... Immune response to a ... extremity, facial, respiratory ... albuminocytologic dissociation ... #management #neurology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... days before Pulmonary ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis