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Pulmonary Hypertension Algorithm - Matthew Watto, MD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #Hypertension #PAH #Workup #Evaluation #Algorithm #Differential #Curbsiders
Pulmonary Hypertension ... Matthew Watto, MD #Diagnosis ... #Hypertension # ... PAH #Workup #Evaluation ... #Algorithm #Differential
REBEL Review 99: Serotonin Syndrome via Yosuf Alam, MSIV

Presentation: Altered mentd status, Seizures, Myoclonus, Hypertension, Hyperthermia
Seizures, Myoclonus, Hypertension ... , Hyperthermia ( ... extremity) Diagnosis ... : Clinical! ... fluid hydration; evaluation
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Echocardiographic Evaluation ... of Pulmonary Hypertension ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... #Hypertension # ... Echocardiography #diagnosis
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... of Pulmonary Hypertension ... Pulmonary hypertension ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential #
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria for diagnosis ... InternalMedicine #Pediatrics #Diagnosis ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... im #radiology #clinical
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Peri-operative Hyperthermia ... 39 C this is a clinical ... #Differential # ... Causes #Anesthesiology ... Anesthesia #Checklist #Diagnosis
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
- Workup and Differential ... Diagnosis Approach ... (when evaluation ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... #Diagnosis #indications
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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• First diagnosed ... doubling of Cr), pulmonary ... so have high clinical ... obstetrics #cardiology #differential ... #diagnosis
Bandemia Overview

Normal: < 1%
Clinically significant: > 10%

Band neutrophils are slightly less mature than segmented neutrophils and
Normal: < 1% Clinically ... temperature (hypo/hyperthermia ... bacteremia and hypotension ... count on initial evaluation ... #Bandemia #differential
Causes of Postoperative Hypercarbia:
Hypoventilation 
 - drug-induced central respiratory depression 
 - intrapulmonary abnormality 
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blockade Malignant Hyperthermia ... Expired soda lime Pulmonary ... Hypercarbia #Causes #Differential ... #Hypercapnia #Anesthesiology ... #Diagnosis