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HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
further workup and treatment ... risk patients, ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Cardiology #HEART ... #Score #MACE #Stratification
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
short course of treatment ... probably much higher (e.g ... provide empiric treatment ... empiric acyclovir to all ... is proposed: #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management ... #Evaluation #stratification
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
involves: (1) ... EMG: LMN Signs in ... diagnosis column Treatment ... Lateral #Sclerosis #neurology ... #diagnosis #management
Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis and Treatment
Hypernatremia is almost always due to unreplaced water loss (free water
, Dehydration: neurologic ... hypernatremia can also ... ([Na] / 140) - 1) ... patient weight (eg ... #management #nephrology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Attempt if high risk ... Prednisone 5mg/kg ... symptoms, or> 1 ... APML #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #oncology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Pathophysiology: Spore ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... - produced by all ... Bezlotoxumab 10 mg/kg ... IV x 1 - Adjunct
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
syndromes such as ... combination of: 1. ... McDonald diagnostic criteria ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... Management during ... months before 1° ... defibrillator as ... #cardiology #treatment
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... PRES Diagnosis: 1. ... Risk factors 3. ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology