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Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
come in to your clinic ... to narrow your differential ... : incubation period ... #differentials # ... diagnosis #medicine
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Diagnosis: • ... Indications for Intubation ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
CHF, decreases intubation ... COPD, decreases intubation ... dz) • Pt is DNI ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #indications #criticalcare
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... and Causes Clinical ... Rales,+S4, MR and TR ... Cardiomyopathy #Diagnosis ... #Causes #differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... - Intubation ... only if clinically ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Algorithm and Differential ... Diagnosis Baseline ... investigations depending on clinical ... Anti-GBM, Anti-ds-DNA ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... Presentation: • Incubation ... , Weight loss Diagnosis ... routine O&P • Clinical ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
shock is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... ventilation by either intubation ... aeruginosa Clinical ... in adults with clinically ... Pneumonia #CAP #Diagnosis
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... • Excessive insulation ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis