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Equipment Checklist for Peritonsillar Abscess (PTA) Drainage: 
 • 18g spinal needle with sheath guard, with
Checklist for Peritonsillar ... Abscess (PTA) Drainage ... #Abscess #PTA # ... Supplies #Checklist #Management ... #Emergency
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Spinal Epidural Abscess ... dysfunction paralysis Diagnosis ... imaging as needed Treatment ... : - Surgical drainage ... #diagnosis #management
Acute Dacryocystitis- A 4-week-old boy was brought to the emergency department after having drainage from both
brought to the emergency ... 38.2°C, purulent drainage ... He received a diagnosis ... orbital cellulitis, abscess ... the first day of treatment
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
and rapid drainage ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... Plan definitive management ... EMERGENCY PERICARDIOCENTESIS ... #Management #Workup
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Pancreatitis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... early; late to assess ... cefepime+flagyl) ± drainage ... #Management #Treatment
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
11 • National emergency ... 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... unilateral* • POCUS ... COVID19 #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #Summary
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
adjacent to the focus ... cerebellum Diagnosis ... serum/urine Treatment ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Invasive Fungal Infection (IFI)

Invasive fungal infections are severe infections in which fungal pathogens invade normally sterile
when feasible Management ... infected catheters or drainage ... of abscesses Selection ... Dependent on timely diagnosis ... virulence Delays in treatment