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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... , Acute spinal cord ... finding in spinal cord ... Hyperreflexia #Testing ... #diagnosis #table
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... #Causes
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... production to cause ... pts with severe COPD ... CT/MRI ($$$$) CORE
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Cold Urticaria Prevalence ... skin contact with cold ... minutes after the cold ... 10.1111/all.14674 #Cold ... #table
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
e.g. pneumonia, COPD ... Cerebral salt wasting ... Differential #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes #Sodium
Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
Guide Osmotic agents ... and promoting evacuation ... Polyethylene glycol - Nausea ... #pharmacology #table ... #comparison
Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Blood Pressure Management Guide
ß-blockers:
 • Metoprolol, Carvedilol, Labetalol
 • Bradycardia, heart
heart block, ADHF, COPD ... #pharmacology #table ... #agents #internship ... #comparison
Skin Burns - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Physical Agents:
 • Thermal Burn
 • Cold Burn
 • Electrical Burn
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Physical Agents ... Thermal Burn • Cold ... Burn Chemical Agents ... #causes
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
as Asthma and COPD ... consider using the agent ... Consider as 2nd agent ... management #treatment #comparison ... #table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk Evaluation ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing ... perioperative #Risk #Evaluation