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Murmurs Needing Echocardiography Evaluation #Management #EM #IM #Cardiology #Murmur #Benign #Characteristics #Echocardiogram #ALiEM
Echocardiography Evaluation #Management ... #EM #IM #Cardiology ... Echocardiogram #ALiEM
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... guide etiology & management ... Liver function test ... increase the risk ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Original and Simplified PESI Prediction Rule Test Characteristics for 30-Day Mortality
#EBM #Diagnosis	#EM #IM #PCC	#PESI #sPESI #risk
Prediction Rule Test ... EBM #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
mortality #Diagnosis #Management ... #EM #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... determine if stress test ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... medical and surgical management
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
shows how pre-test ... infection (~1.5% pre-test ... with a low pre-test ... probably much higher (e.g ... is proposed: #Management
ED Treatment of 
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding 

Hemodynamically unstable 
Resuscitation 
 • ABCs! 
 • Fluids +
coagulopathy Pregnancy test ... packing - increased risk ... breast cancer IM ... Uterine #Bleeding #Management
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
allowing for lung rest ... Lmin (100-150 mL/kg ... SVO2, lactate) REST ... ANTICOAGULATION • To reduce risk ... #ECMO #Basics #management
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification
Pneumonia Severity Index (PSI) as a site-of-care tool. BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CHF, chronic heart failure;
blood pressure #Management ... #EM #IM #Pneumonia ... #Risk #Stratification