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Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... Event (ALTE) - Differential ... • Congenital Heart ... Disturbances Neurologic ... Pneumonia • Sepsis
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
surgery if possible ... • If heart rate ... • If heart rate ... toxicity → 3-10 o Sepsis ... #Hypotension #Differential
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... • Excessive heat ... anaesthesia • Sepsis ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... #Hyperthermia #Differential
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery if possible ... • Consider surgery ... be replaced or its ... Circulation • Check heart ... Airway #Pressure #Differential
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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HIV / AIDS - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... status, and focal neurologic ... Demyelinating disease caused ... #Infections #differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... urine, sweat) - its ... shock/hypoxemia/Sepsis ... regional ischemia, surgery ... syndrome - Sepsis
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
dissection is caused ... • Cardiac surgery ... Pulse deficit/differential ... deficit • Shock Treatment ... opiates • Control heart
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
circulation and its ... (Sepsis, Shock, ... Consider Sepsis, ... treat the primary cause ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
Pachymeningitis - Differential ... condition that causes ... thickening can cause ... lumbar puncture or surgery ... Pachymeningitis #HP #Neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Eclampsia, Infection/Sepsis ... Reversible course Differential ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of