7 results
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Key Components: ... exam Determine Cardiac ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary ... exclude other causes ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... waiting ~6 months before ... follow-up with Cardio-OB
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
have led to an algorithmic ... witnessed many cases ... #Management #Trauma ... #BigTrauma #BeforeCT ... #Checklist #Resuscitation
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... peripheral nerve components ... MANIFESTATIONS: • The cardinal ... (IVIG) • Even before ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... treat the primary cause ... of the patient before ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #clinical #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... treat the primary cause ... of the patient before ... #cardiology #clinica ... l#foamed #algorithm
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
the most common clinical ... connective tissue components ... vessel aneurysms • Cardiac ... ○ Syphilis ○ Fungal ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management