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Pacemaker Coding Terminology
#Diagnosis #Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker #LetterCode #Coding #Classification #Table #CoreEM
Pacemaker Coding ... Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker ... #LetterCode #Coding ... #Classification ... #Table #CoreEM
The first three letters refer to chamber paced, chamber sensed, and response to sensed events. The
Cardiology #PPM #Pacemaker ... #LetterCode #Coding ... #Classification ... #Table
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Fever vs Hyperthermia ... Fever: • Regulated ... production • Treatment ... peripherally - Cooling ... BrighamChiefs #Fever
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
#management #algorithm ... #pharmacology #treatment ... #medications #table ... hematology #warfarin #dosing
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
BP stable, HR 115 ... settings with crowding ... The table below ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment
Comparison of Fever Algorithms for Infants <3 months old

AGE, INCLUSION, TESTS 
REQUIRED, "LOW RISK" CRITERIA, TREATMENT,
Comparison of Fever ... Algorithms for ... RISK" CRITERIA, TREATMENT ... criteria #EBM #Fever ... #Table #Performance
CA-Bridge Buprenorphine Hospital Quick Start Algorithm - Management of acute opiate withdrawal 
 - Any prescriber
Hospital Quick Start Algorithm ... If patient is stable ... as first-line treatment ... Buprenorphine #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Addiction
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
infection - Management Algorithm ... • Persistent fever ... • Persistent fever ... after treatment ... infection #Management #Algorithm
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
dengue severity classification ... days and presents fever ... include any child coming ... organs #dengue #fever ... #severity #classification