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Medical Imaging - Radiation Dose
#PatientInfo #Radiology #Procedures #Imaging #Radiation #Doses #ChestXRay #CT #Nuclear #Stress #Comparison #Table
Radiation #Doses #ChestXRay ... #CT #Nuclear #Stress ... #Comparison #Table
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification
Reflex Syncope 
 - Vasovagal syncope
   • Prolonged standing
Differential Diagnosis by Classification ... • Emotional stress ... bradycardia • Sinus pauses ... Differential #Diagnosis #Classification ... #Table #Causes
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... • They must be able ... production to cause ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac #Stress
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
have led to an algorithmic ... over-utilizes CT ... witnessed many cases ... universal first steps ... Trauma #BigTrauma #BeforeCT
Webber Ankle Injury Classification

A: In a Supination-Adduction injury the fibula breaks first, with a fracture below
Webber Ankle Injury Classification ... In more severe cases ... appear to be a stable ... These injuries are caused ... Injury #Fracture #Classification
Suggested diagnostic approach to a patient with exudative ascites. Low ascitic fluid protein should direct practitioners
syndrome as a cause ... lymphatic obstruction before ... Note: CT = computed ... Although nonhepatic causes ... diagnosis #workup #algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
could be optimized before ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... to determine if stress ... thoracic surgery Stress ... , preoperative stress
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... seen • Chest CT ... shows a small, stable ... Aeruginosa - Strep ... #differential #causes
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... infarction • Stress ... factors + oxidative stress ... during Delivery • Stable ... waiting ~6 months before
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... of the patient before ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm