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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 # ... Complications #Locations
Central line myth #2: location, location, location 

By far the best data we have to guide
Central line myth ... have to guide management ... Venous #Catheters #CVC ... #Lines #Rates # ... Sites #Infections #Selection
Intravascular Complications of Central Venous Catheterization by Insertion Site
Complications in the Three-Choice Comparison, According to Insertion-Site
Complications of Central ... Venous #Catheters #CVC ... #Lines #Rates # ... Complications #Locations ... Sites #Infections #Selection
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive hemoptysis = life ... 100-1000ml) or rate ... • Workup • General ... Cold Saline (50 Cc ... #treatment #workup
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
5th decades of life ... sedimentation rate ... - First, a non-selective ... • Treatment of ... #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,
Ca-gluconate or 1g CaCl- (central ... line) - 1st ... line, stabilizes ... Exchanges K+ for cations ... #nephrology #K
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
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
by culture or serology ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... fixed, “plaque-like ... shock • Mortality rate ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management