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Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... Plasma aldosterone/renin ... ) or IV saline infusion ... aldosterone at 4 h of infusion
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia Caused ... of blood, pus, effusion ... • Call for ultrasound ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... of underlying cause
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
to 30% of DKA cases ... gap is variable, being ... Continue insulin infusion ... Treatment with IV ... the anion gap closes
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... diuretics, Saline infusion ... hypovolemia - ↓ Renin ... excretion ± Renin ... only if no clear cause
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... & Dry) is the treatment ... the determined cause ... & Dry” is the treatment ... management #cardiology #treatment
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... like illnesses, COVID ... Can begin in arms ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... diagnosis #management #treatment
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public education, early detection
define a definite cause ... requires active #treatment ... to successful treatment ... bracing and #spinal #fusion ... #surgery being
#Cobb #Cob #angle 
June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public
define a definite cause ... requires active #treatment ... to successful treatment ... bracing and #spinal #fusion ... #surgery being
Hydroxychloroquine is an antimalarial & DMARD (disease modifying antirheumatic drug). It is currently being discussed as
It is currently being ... prophylaxis and treatment ... for COVID-19, although ... It also can cause ... COVID-19 NOTE: be
Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU) subluxation 
The Extensor Carpi Ulnaris (ECU), is the must ulnar of the
What causes ECU ... affected area, being ... tendon, MRI or ultrasound ... What is the Treatment ... Non surgical treatment