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Central line myth #2: location, location, location 

By far the best data we have to guide
Central line myth ... #2: location, location ... have to guide management ... #Lines #Rates # ... #Selection
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 # ... Complications #Locations
Intravascular Complications of Central Venous Catheterization by Insertion Site
Complications in the Three-Choice Comparison, According to Insertion-Site
#EBM #RCT #Central ... Venous #Catheters #CVC ... #Lines #Rates # ... Complications #Locations ... #Selection #NEJM
There are multiple sites in which IO access can be obtained

Proximal humerus – insert about 1
they reach the central ... circulation via the SVC ... tibia – insert 2 ... #Intraosseous #Lines ... #Locations #Management
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
5th decades of life ... Hypertension: 1/2 ... sedimentation rate ... - First, a non-selective ... #treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Mortality due to CVD ... GHRH release, central ... : • 1st line - ... Endocrinology #Treatment ... #Pathophysiology
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 ... Exchanges K+ for cations ... #nephrology #K
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... - HIV, CMV, EBV ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... edema at the bite site ... symptoms, positive serology ... persists throughout life ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

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