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Central Venous Catheter site selection - Clinical Decision Aid
IJ vs Subclavian vs Supraclavicular vs Femoral by
site selection ... @broomedocs #Management ... Venous #Catheters #CVC ... #Lines #Rates # ... #Sites #Infections
Central line myth #2: location, location, location 

By far the best data we have to guide
Central line myth ... #2: location, location ... #Lines #Rates # ... #Sites #Infections ... #Selection
Intravascular Complications of Central Venous Catheterization by Insertion Site
Complications in the Three-Choice Comparison, According to Insertion-Site
Venous #Catheters #CVC ... #Lines #Rates # ... Complications #Locations ... #Sites #Infections ... #Selection #NEJM
Invasive Candidiasis (IC)

Diagnosis:
Culture:
 • Gold standard, but Slow (~2-3 days), 50% sensitivity
 • Blood Sample
 •
standard, but Slow (~2- ... Sample • Sterile-site ... therapy First Line ... Funduscopic Exam • CVC ... Removal • Infectious
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
section (several ... Wuhan Virus") • Infection ... Virus: SARS-CoV-2, ... 30-40% • Ro = 2- ... #Management #Summary
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... 5th decades of life ... sedimentation rate ... - First, a non-selective ... #Management #treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Mortality due to CVD ... malignancy Pathophysiology ... GHRH release, central ... : • 1st line - ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... family Route of infections ... edema at the bite site ... #Management #Treatment
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
: • Calcium 2- ... Ca-gluconate or 1g CaCl- (central ... 10U reg IV + 1-2 ... #Management #Treatment ... #potassium #nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... : • Infection, ... disturbance, External lines ... #management #neurology