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Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Table 3. ... Suggested Empiric Treatment ... Are Appropriate #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases ... #Empiric #Antibiotics
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina ... younger than other ACS ... tests in cath lab Treatment ... #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management ... Angina Stress ... coronary syndrome (ACS ... #Angina #ChestPain ... #Algorithm #Cardiology
Table 3. Antidotes that may be used in cardiac arrest (The A to P of treatment
Table 3. ... (The A to P of treatment ... ) 81 402–407 #Management ... #Arrest #AtoP #ABCs ... #Table
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
 • COPD Definition
 • Role of PFTs
 • COPD Classification and
exacerbations requiring antibiotics ... Group Assessment (ABCD ... COPD #diagnosis #management ... #GOLD2022 #treatment
In addition to management of ABCs, exposure to nerve gases requires antidotes. There are 3 important
In addition to management ... of ABCs, exposure ... #Management #Toxicology ... #NerveAgents #Treatment ... #Table
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Restricted to the Andes ... coccobacillus within the RBCs ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute ... Supportive and antibiotics ... Fever #diagnosis #management
ED Treatment of 
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding 

Hemodynamically unstable 
Resuscitation 
 • ABCs! 
 • Fluids +
ED Treatment of ... Resuscitation • ABCs ... Hemodynamically stable ... Uterine #Bleeding #Management
ABCs of Endoscopic Perforation Management
A - Air by itself, not an adverse event. Control insufflation, ALWAYS
ABCs of Endoscopic ... Perforation Management ... Drain/Vent A - Antibiotics ... - Sepsis #ABCs ... #treatment #gastroenterology
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
dependent DM ACS ... one post op Cardiology ... Unstable Angina ... • <12mo since ACS ... medical and surgical management