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A good approach when dealing with hypotension at the bedside includes using the following systematic four
A good approach ... examination and ultrasound ... Systemic Vascular ... Resistance #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
Acute Kidney Injury ... urinalysis, labs - Management ... casts on UA) - Vascular ... drainage, or stenting as ... appropriate) #Acute
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... checklist Evaluation ... - RUQ ultrasound ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Cheat Sheet An acute ... increased pulmonary vascular ... clear cause such as ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint ... Pain - Diagnostic ... case, you can also ... #rheumatology #approach ... #differential #diagnosis
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
standardize the approach ... algorithmic, thoughtless approach ... the critical diagnostic ... #Management #Trauma ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Cathepsin G release → vascular ... Presentation: Subacute-Acute ... • Rare: DAH, acute ... , Anaphylaxis, Acute ... #management #hematology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Diagnostic ... Plan definitive management ... PERICARDIOCENTESIS (sub-xiphoid approach ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Culture (+): Acute ... Failure • Dyspnea Vascular ... insult due to vascular ... vegetations can also ... #management #cardiology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... headache, malaise) → Acute ... Findings: • ↑AST/ALT ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... ) Differential Diagnosis