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Atrial Fibrillation - Rate Control and Rhythm Control - Management

Infographic by Dr. Pouria Rezapour @prezapour 

#Atrial
Rhythm Control - Management ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... Cardioversion #Emergency ... #Cardiology #Indications ... #Management
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Summary of Infections ... reconstitution inflammatory syndrome ... • Ramsay Hunt syndrome ... #Steroids #Indications ... #infections #management
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome ... a.k.a. hepatorenal syndrome ... - Hypertensive emergency ... disease - Post-infectious ... • Medications
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
Injury in the Emergency ... voltage Cardiac - Vfib ... compartment syndrome ... Evaluation #Diagnosis #Management ... #Emergency #Algorithm
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... respiratory distress syndrome ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #Treatment #Indications
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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Numbness • E - Emergency ... disc herniation, prolapse ... epidural hematoma • infections ... post surgical • prolapse ... toon • Spinal infection
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Suspected Systemic Infection ... Implementation-of-an-evidence-based-algorithm-reduces-blood-culture-overuse-in-an-adult-emergency-department.php ... urinary tract infection ... #Management #BloodCultures ... Protocol #Shapiro #Indications
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
Secondary Causes: Medications ... intracavernosal injections ... hyperviscosity syndrome ... Priapism #Diagnosis #Management
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Irritable bowel syndrome ... Parasitic infections ... Medications 7. ... Malabsorption syndromes ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management
Pharmacologic Treatment of Hypertensive Emergencies in Pregnancy
Drug - Dose range - Onset/oeak/duration - Side effects
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hypotension, lupus-like syndrome ... , warmth along injection ... #Hypertensive #Emergency ... #Pharmacology #Medications