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Perioperative Medications - Which Medications to Hold or Continue?
Aspirin - Continue
 • Aspirin should be continued
Perioperative Medications ... should be initiated preoperatively ... events in the perioperative ... don't require bridging ... Continue #preop #preoperative
Algorithm for Suspected Penicillin Allergy in Patients Undergoing Surgery 

• Cephalosporins may be prescribed to patients
Algorithm for Suspected ... decision support algorithm ... Allergy #Surgery #Algorithm ... #Perioperative ... #Preoperative #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stress Testing: • Preoperative ... trials) • BUT, preoperative ... patients #Preop #preoperative
The recommended pre-operative workup for patients taking anticoagulants involves stratifying both thromboembolic & bleeding risk, determining
deciding whether bridging ... dabigatran #DOACs #preoperative ... #perioperative
Causes of Nausea and Vomiting - Differential Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes #Nausea #Vomiting #Differential #NonGI
Causes of Nausea ... - Differential Algorithm ... Diagnosis #EM #IM #Causes ... #Nausea #Vomiting ... Differential #NonGI #Algorithm
Tinnitus - Subjective (heard only by patient) - 90% - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unilateral On Audiogram -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Metabolic Causes ... #Tinnitus #Ringing ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
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Complications Preoperative ... anesthesia #surgery #causes
Causes of Facial Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Forehead Sparing = Central cause
  - Most commonly
Causes of Facial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Sparing = Central cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #neurology
Causes of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#Hypercalcemia #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypercalcemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Hyperkalemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#Hyperkalemia #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm #PseudoHyperkalemia #Nephrology #Causes
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... PseudoHyperkalemia #Nephrology #Causes