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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 ... #Venous #Catheters ... #CVC #Lines #Rates
Central Venous Catheter site selection - Clinical Decision Aid
IJ vs Subclavian vs Supraclavicular vs Femoral by
Central Venous Catheter ... site selection ... @broomedocs #Management ... #CVC #Lines #Rates ... Complications #Locations
Intravascular Complications of Central Venous Catheterization by Insertion Site
Complications in the Three-Choice Comparison, According to Insertion-Site
Complications of Central ... Venous Catheterization ... #CVC #Lines #Rates ... Complications #Locations ... Sites #Infections #Selection
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Lines and Tubes ... • Central Venous ... Catheters (CVL/ ... venous line, it ... #candidiasis #treatment
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
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... disturbance, External lines ... leukoencephalopathy, Cerebral venous ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Rhinocerebral 2) ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... fixed, “plaque-like ... shock • Mortality rate ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management