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Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
- No other workup ... cancer screening, CBC ... , aPTT, +/- CXR ... #hematology #diagnosis ... #algorithm #hematology
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... comorbidities: • CBC ... ventilated • CXR ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ... TTE: Helps to know ... /management of shock ... get an EKG and CXR ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Imaging: • CXR ... to order: • CBC ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
matter, spinal cord ... sinus thrombosis, VTE ... tears, Ischemia, Leukemia ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology