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Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
criteria required to diagnose ... ischemia (type-II ... increased optic nerve ... might support the diagnosis ... #Emergency #Diagnosis
Enlarged optic nerve sheath diameter and crescent sign in 30 yo female patient reporting 3 months
Enlarged optic nerve ... diameter and crescent sign ... #Papilledema #IIH ... #Ocular #POCUS ... Ultrasound #crescent #sign
Chronic Hypertensive Retinopathy: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Ophthalmic Artery Hypertension
Stage 1: Mild/vasoconstrictive
 • Acute and chronic vasospasm
Chronic Hypertensive ... inner retinal nerve ... arterioles causes optic nerve ... ophthalmology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
and pulmonary hypertension ... fever, and facial nerve ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... Stages #Staging #Signs
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
Signs and Symptoms ... poisoning • Hypertension ... pupil with third nerve ... post-traumatic headache), IIH ... #differential #diagnosis
Supracondylar Elbow Fracture
• Most common elbow fracture in children, peak age 5-7 
• When looking at
anterior sail sign ... anterior interosseous nerve ... can't make A-OK sign ... Yes, if Types II-IV ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... Management Summary • Hypotension ... : SBP<90, SBP drop ... Full Set of Vital Signs ... Jonesy_MA #Shock #Diagnosis
Mastoiditis: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Acute or Chronic Otitis Media -> 
Stage 1: Hyperemeia of the mastoid
bone): facial nerve ... dizziness, vertigo, nystagmus ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Symptoms and Signs of Hypomagnesemia
Neuromuscular:
 - Tetany, Muscle weakness, Chvostek and Trousseau signs, Cerebellar (ataxia, nystagmus,
Symptoms and Signs ... and Trousseau signs ... Cerebellar (ataxia, nystagmus ... Dysrhythmias, Hypotension ... #diagnosis
Papilledema on Ocular POCUS

This 27yo female presents with an intractable headache. Which of the following do
Papilledema on Ocular POCUS ... Diagnosed with Idiopathic ... Intracranial Hypertension ... ultrasound demonstrated signs ... #IIH #clinical