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Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
altitude • Stop ascent ... hyperbaric chamber • Descent ... Symptoms #Signs #Diagnosis
Practical Pediatric Viral Rash Algorithm

Child presenting with rash and current/ recent symptoms of viral illness but
rash and current/ recent ... is the likely diagnosis ... Algorithm #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Diagnosis
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Prominent x descent ... myxoma - Rapid y descent ... defect - Absent y descent ... #Differential #Diagnosis
PocketPEM - Resus Meds
#Management #Pharm	#Peds #EM	#Resus #Medications #ResusMeds #Resuscitation #PocketCard #PocketPEM
PocketPEM - Resus Meds ... Management #Pharm #Peds
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure (JVP) Algorithm
Outward Wave / Peak
 • With Every Beat
Concordant with S1 - X-Descent ... Discordant with S1 - Y-Descent ... Pressure #Algorithm #diagnosis
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• x descent - ... • x descent - ... overcomes the descent ... • y descent - ... Thus the y descent
Kawasaki Disease - Workup and Diagnostic Algorithm #Diagnosis #Management #Peds #Pediatrics #Kawasaki #Disease #Algorithm #CRASH #BURN
Disease - Workup and Diagnostic ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Management #Peds
RA/CVP Waveform Interpretation

Central venous pressure (CVP) or right atrial pressure (RAP) waveform tracings can often times
waves and two descents ... blunting of ‘x’ descent ... with TR - ‘x’ descent ... - ‘y’ descent ... Interpretation #Diagnosis
Otitis Media
#Diagnosis #Management #Peds #OtitisMedia #Antibiotics #PEMSource
Otitis Media #Diagnosis ... #Management #Peds
Toxidrome Algorithm
#Diagnosis #Peds #Pediatrics #Toxidrome #Algorithm #PEMSource
Toxidrome Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Peds #Pediatrics