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Stroke and bleeding risk stratification with the CHADS2-VASc and HAS-BLED schemas

#Diagnosis #Hematology #CHADS2 #CHADS2VASc #HASBLED #Comparison
Stroke and bleeding risk ... CHADS2VASc #HASBLED #Comparison ... #Score #Risk #Stroke ... #Bleed #Anticoagulation
Anticoagulation Review. There are other bleeding risk assessment tools, but HAS-BLED is more commonly used. HTN
Anticoagulation ... other bleeding risk ... Purposes Only* #Anticoagulation ... Anticoagulant #Bleeding #Risk ... SideEffects #Symptoms #Signs
Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
Bleeding risk calculators ... studies suggest net clinical ... benefit of anticoagulation ... of withholding anticoagulation ... #Calculators #Anticoagulation
CHA2DS2VASc vs HAS-BLED scores for stroke risk and bleed risk on anticoagulation

C	Congestive Heart Failure	1

H	Hypertension	1

A2	Age >75	2

D	Diabetes Mellitus	1

S2	Stroke,
scores for stroke risk ... and bleed risk ... on anticoagulation ... CHADS2VASc #HASBLED #Comparison ... #Bleed #Anticoagulation
Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation - CHA2DS2-VASc

I always tell my students, one of the first thing you
Anticoagulation ... fibrillation in clinic ... they should be on anticoagulation ... least ONE non-sex risk ... least TWO non-sex risk
Typical Clinical Features of Major Causes of Acute Chest Discomfort

#ChestPain #Features #Signs #Symptoms #Comparison #Table #Characteristics
Typical Clinical ... ChestPain #Features #Signs ... #Symptoms #Comparison
Heparin - Unfractionated Heparin (UFH) vs Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin (LMWH)
UFH:
 • Advantages: 
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clearance - Anticoagulation ... monitoring Of anticoagulation ... data on whether risk ... LMWH #Heparin #comparison
Epiglottitis (Thumb Sign) vs Normal Epiglottis comparison on Lateral Neck X-Ray

#Epiglottitis #ThumbSign #comparison #normal #Epiglottis #comparison
Epiglottitis (Thumb Sign ... Normal Epiglottis comparison ... Epiglottitis #ThumbSign #comparison ... normal #Epiglottis #comparison ... Lateral #NeckXRay #clinical
Barcode Sign in Pneumothorax on POCUS - M-Mode

seashore sign: normal lung sliding

barcode/stratosphere sign: pneumothorax 

#Pneumothorax #Barcode
Barcode Sign in ... M-Mode seashore sign ... barcode/stratosphere sign ... POCUS #Diagnosis #Comparison ... #stratosphere #Clinical
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Risk ... Apolipoprotein E4 allele Risk ... chromosome 21) Signs ... geriatrics #diagnosis #signs