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Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
overlap syndrome (ACOS ... normal #Diagnosis #PCC ... #IM #ACOS #AsthmaCOPD
Catecholamine Vasopressor Effect Sites and Indications #Pathophys #Management #EM #IM #PCC #Catecholamine #Comparison #Table #Epi #Norepi
Management #EM #IM ... #PCC #Catecholamine ... #Comparison #Table
Possible mechanisms for the development of asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS). Two mechanisms by which ACOS might
overlap syndrome (ACOS ... mechanisms by which ACOS ... #Pathophys #PCC ... #IM #ACOS #AsthmaCOPD
Onset of Intramuscular (IM) Medications for Severe Agitation
Ketamine (2-5 mg/kg IM) 3-7m
Droperidol (5 mg IM) 5-10m
Midazolam
Intramuscular (IM ... Ketamine (2-5 mg/kg ... IM) 3-7m Droperidol ... (5 mg IM) 5-10m ... #Pharmacology #Table
Original and Simplified PESI PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk #score #PE #Table
Diagnosis #EM #IM ... #PCC #PESI #sPESI ... risk #score #PE #Table
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
• They must be able ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... MRI ($$$$) CORE IM
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
biliary cirrhosis (PBC ... - Vasculitis, e.g ... - Vasculitis, e.g ... diseases #diagnosis #table
Pulmonary Arterial Catheterization – Use and Interpretation:
-Pulmonary arterial catheterization (PAC) has never been shown to improve
catheterization (PAC ... may benefit from PAC ... cardiogenic shock (eg ... indices measured on PAC ... #Differential #Table
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
histopathology, culture, PCR ... Amphotericin B: 3 mg/kg ... total of 21 mg/kg ... stibogluconate 20 mg/kg ... /d IV/IM 28-30 days
Left Main Coronary Artery Thrombus seen on Angiography

“Mother of all coronary thrombi”.  55 year old
Cardiogenic shock, ECG ... taken for Primary PCI ... established, but died on table