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Pharmacology of diuretics

Acetazolamide, Loop diuretics, Thiazide‐like diuretics, MRA, Amiloride

Site of Action, Maximum Dose, Half-Life, Onset, Bioavailability,
Acetazolamide, Loop ... Half-Life, Onset, Bioavailability ... HalfLife #Dosing #Loop ... CHF #Cardiology #Management
Cheyne-Stokes Respirations

What eponymous respiratory pattern do you observe in this patient? What eponymous jugular venous pulse
take the time to look ... If you look closely ... Respirations #breathing #pulmonary ... #clinical #video
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... Pattern #Trauma #Video ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
pneumonia • formerly BOOP ... eosinophilia pneumonia, Pulmonary ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP ... #pulmonary #ILD ... #diagnosis #management
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
bronchiectasis WHAT DO YOU LOOK ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... +2Cl- Symport (Loop ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Look for ETT pulsations ... Surgical management ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
Mitigation - Video ... detection #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #pulmonary
Titrating PEEP in ARDS
Key Principles:
1) The ideal PEEP optimizes alveolar recruitment and reduces atelectrauma, while minimizing
Pressure - Volume Loop ... ARDS #titration #management ... #criticalcare #pulmonary
Strongyloides Stercoralis
EPIDEMIOLOGY - ASSOCIATED WITH SOUTHEASTERN U.S.:
 • 0-6% US Prevalence of those:
 • ~30% Asymptomatic
- Migration to Pulmonary ... shortness of breath, pulmonary ... specificity • Look ... Stercoralis #diagnosis #management