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Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
available lab test ... interruption per treatment ... table ... and procedural bleeding ... with a very low bleeding
ED Treatment of 
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding 

Hemodynamically unstable 
Resuscitation 
 • ABCs! 
 • Fluids +
ED Treatment of ... Abnormal Uterine Bleeding ... coagulopathy Pregnancy test ... Hemodynamically stable ... Abnormal #Uterine #Bleeding
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Large volume feeding ... : • 80% have fever ... antibiotics once stable ... Intervention: - Fevers ... shows a small, stable
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Summary table of ... Anaphylaxis, Hay fever ... cell antigens, leading ... dermatitis, Tuberculin test ... types #allergy #table
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement - seeding ... Active TB: • Fever ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Periodic fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... purpura to mucosal bleeding ... Liver function tests ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Comparison of Fever Algorithms for Infants <3 months old

AGE, INCLUSION, TESTS 
REQUIRED, "LOW RISK" CRITERIA, TREATMENT,
Comparison of Fever ... AGE, INCLUSION, TESTS ... RISK" CRITERIA, TREATMENT ... criteria #EBM #Fever ... Algorithm #Comparison #Table
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
involvement - seeding ... Active TB: • Fever ... Tuberculin skin test ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... metabolic equivalent able ... determine if stress test ... Stable patients ... - what is the bleeding
Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAST‐10) Questionnaire and Interpretation
1. Have you used drugs other than those required
Abuse Screening Test ... Are you always able ... Do you ever feel ... , convulsions, bleeding ... Abuse #Screening #Test