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Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis ... respiratory tract (e.g ... has potential to cause ... • Workup • General ... #criticalcare
Pediatric Vomiting - Gastrointestinal and Systemic Causes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hepatobiliary:
 • Acute Hepatitis
 • Acute
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Hepatobiliary ... • Uremia • Hypercalcemia ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... reabsorption) Workup ... heparinized tube) • ECG ... only if no clear cause ... #Diagnosis #Management
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's work ... the patient's diagnosis ... (e.g. pneumonia ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
disease) - Forced ... - Infectious workup ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
CM5 continuous ECG ... Obtain a 12-lead ECG ... consultation with cardiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
The ECF and ICF ... both work together ... causes Hyperkalemia ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... /management of shock ... will also get an EKG ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis ... #workup #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare # ... foamed #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm ... #criticalcare