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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
and clinical features ... class (30-day all cause ... Transient Hypotension, Shock ... prognostication #diagnosis #management ... stratification #criticalcare
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Stages: 1. ... host response to infection ... insufficiency, acute ... types #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... leading to increased pulmonary ... onset over 1 week ... consistent with pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
organ dysfunction caused ... host response to infection ... SEPTIC SHOCK is ... Clinical construct ... #QSOFA #SIRS #criticalcare
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... on ABx) → Acute ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Pathophysiology: Spore ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... with presence of pulmonary ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... Epidemiology: • 1- ... 2 cases/100,000 ... response preceding infection ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
/Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... PRES Diagnosis: 1. ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... the underlying cause ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... Inhalation of spores ... fever • Septic shock ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management