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How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
How do you work ... 2) No major-risk ... Ruled out other causes ... #stroke #workup ... #diagnosis #checklist
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
metabolic equivalent able ... b) CHF c) CVA ... ASA class If ... ACC algorithm to ... Stable patients
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Excessive GI losses ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... Low #Magnesium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential ... from different classes ... An acute rise or ... #causes #Differential
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Polycythemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... circulation = risk ... heme (bleeding), CV ... #workup #hematology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
analgesia (consider risk ... team. ❼ Consider causes ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
Hodgkin Lymphoma Risk ... ) Classification ... Hodgkin Lymphoma Workup ... Immunohistochemical studies (to differentiate ... lymphoma #diagnosis #classification
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
Temperature rise ... other, more common causes ... , invasive BP, CVP ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
hormones that work ... Pyruvate to Acetyl-CoA ... diabetic as you risk ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
6/02/2022 UPDATE: This assay is designed to detect non-variola orthopoxviruses, including monkeypox virus. It is not
monkeypox virus or to differentiate ... should use this algorithm ... smallpox-diagnostic-algorithm-poster ... See table below ... CASES immediately