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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Algorithm History ... life-threatening causes ... • Esophageal rupture ... : • EKG • Bedside ... Pain #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... gram stain and culture ... doppler, CTA • ECG ... #COPD #AECOPD #Algorithm
Phenobarbital monotherapy algorithm for alcohol withdrawal

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-Phenobarbital monotherapy has numerous advantages
phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-protocol-pulmcrit ... -If 15 mg/kg phenobarbital ... Alternative causes ... -If you work at ... #Management #Alcohol
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's work ... patient's diagnosis (e.g ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm ... #PulmCrit
My Patient with Infective Endocarditis (IE) Has Negative Blood Cultures
 - Did they receive antibiotics prior
therapy - Number one cause ... of culture negative ... Eg: C. burnetii ... BloodCultures #Diagnosis #Management ... #Algorithm
Recurrent Polymorphic VT/Torsades de Pointes - Management Algorithm
Drugs that prolong QT interval:
 • Class 1a (quinidine,
Torsades de Pointes - Management ... Algorithm Drugs ... • Prevents future ... 1b (lidocaine)- case ... #Algorithm
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
The algorithm below ... probably much higher (e.g ... HSV PCR would cause ... is proposed: #Management ... #HSV #PulmCrit