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Acute Mountain Sickness - High Altitude
Incidence varies - rate increases with altitude and rate of ascent
- High Altitude ... 5% with rapid travel ... • Cardinal symptom ... #Altitude #AMS ... #diagnosis #management
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Block - Guidelines ... Consider other causes ... that may mimic signs ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... - Differential Diagnosis ... STE: "Pardee's sign ... Bundle Branch Block ... • Short QT, high
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... and Differential Diagnosis ... non-obese, non-black ... renal bruit or signs ... Coarctation of aorta
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
effects of neuraxial block ... • Exclude high ... Pneumothorax and/or high ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... depression • T wave ... Have a high index ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Leukostasis vs Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Leukostasis:
 • Pathophysiology: Large, immature blasts and high WBC count cause hyperviscosity
WBC count cause ... : - Neuro: AMS ... , AKI, acute limb ... WBC >100k, + lab signs ... Syndrome #TLS #diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management ... Epidemiology 1) High ... symptoms are not caused ... neuropathy or cardiac ... #Management #Signs
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... extraction is so high ... treat the primary cause ... to effectively block ... #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... extraction is so high ... treat the primary cause ... to effectively block ... #diagnosis #algorithm