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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
- Risk Stratification ... on scores and clinical ... #Risk #prognostication ... #diagnosis #management ... stratification #criticalcare
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
Fat Embolism Syndrome ... The diagnosis is ... fractures reduces the risk ... Pathophysiology ... FES is a clinical
REVISE - Withholding Pantoprazole for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients: A Pilot Randomized Clinical
Pilot Randomized Clinical ... increase in the risk ... #Prophylaxis #CriticalCare ... #ICU #Withholding ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Stress ulcerations are common in ICU patients and may lead to hemorrhage if not
are common in ICU ... hospitalization) • Pathophysiology ... • Risk Factors ... • Clinical Presentation ... #Prophylaxis #criticalcare
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
transfused patientsl • Risk ... factors: Critical ... blood donor • Pathophysiology ... transfused patients • Risk ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis
Heparin Induced Thrombocytopenia (HIT) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Plts ↓50% (nadir
injection sites) ↑ Risk ... > MICU, ♀, ↑Age ... , ESRD Pathophysiology ... : • Clinical Suspicion ... non-heparin A/C if clinical
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Pulmonary embolus ... Risk Factors and ... Prognostic Markers • Risk ... no consensus on risk ... Risk of recurrence
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Acute Diarrhea (>3 BM ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... immunocompromised, IBD) • ↑Risk ... Lowest Risk: Tetracyclines
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
after pulmonary embolism ... Pathophysiology ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... regurgitation) Diagnosis ... pro-BNP levels • Risk
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
combination of the clinical ... lateral sclerosis Pathophysiology ... Dysphagia- increased risk ... : months - Criteria ... : El Escorial criteria