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Internal Jugular Vein Rouleaux Flow on POCUS

Amazing video of a dilated IJV showing Rouleaux flow. Whenever
Rouleaux Flow on POCUS ... significantly, it causes ... echogenic as in this case ... for underlying cause ... Jugular #IJ #Vein #POCUS
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Guidelines for Crises ... maintained fever CAUSES ... • Excessive insulation ... Guidelines for crises ... #Differential #Causes
Reproductive Number (R0 "R Naught") showing how contagious / transmissible a pathogen is.  The R0
Ebola) and their case-fatality ... take into account case-fatality ... #Ebola #MERS #contagiousness
Potassium Electrolyte Repletion
If patient also has hypomagnesemia, replete magnesium before repleting potassium
Oral:
 • Pills (ask pharmacy
really big) • Solution ... Intravenous (can cause
Open Pneumothorax - Sucking Penetrating Chest Wound
"SUCKING CHEST WOUND" - the term for penetrating trauma (likely
stabbings) that has caused ... violation into
Ruptured Chordae Tendineae on POCUS Echocardiogram
 
Many underlying causes, not limited to: MVP, subacute endocarditis, connective
Chordae Tendineae on POCUS ... Many underlying causes ... Chordae #Tendineae #POCUS
SIADH Treatment Options
1. Treat underlying cause of SIADH: Pain, Primary lung pathology, Post-operative phenomenon, Medications, Basically
Treat underlying cause ... as a long-term solution ... administered • This can cause ... effects: Thirst, Nausea
Chest pain, good story, but nonspecific ECG? Do a bedside echo: regional WMAs support your case
WMAs support your case ... Clinical #Diagnosis #POCUS
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
GAS in 30% of cases ... Criteria: • Isolation
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Hematologic disease caused ... findings, biopsy ​• Isolation