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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... for alternate diagnoses ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #treatment #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
cough, dyspnea, fever ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #management
Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Fever #Diagnosis #Management #EM #Peds #Fever #Workup #Evaluation #Discharge #Admission #Algorithm
of Pediatric Fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup #Evaluation ... Discharge #Admission #Algorithm ... #Ddxof
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... an infant with fever ... <10,000/mm3 - CRP ... < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Males=Females SIGNS ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... #management #pulmonary
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's work ... the patient's diagnosis ... to “blow off” CO2 ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... echo is positive, treatment ... clinical and lab signs ... (CRP, ESR) of ongoing ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... Actively maintained fever ... hyperthermia crisis (late sign ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
rise is a late sign ... ❹ Call for MH treatment ... , invasive BP, CVP ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... hormones that work ... Pyruvate to Acetyl-CoA ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management