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Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Gonococcal/Lyme etc ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... #Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
hematuria) • Inflammatory ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... recent DAN) • EMG ... Goodpasture's cause ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... Cardiac Tamponade, Pulmonary ... , Anaphylaxis, Inflammatory ... Shock #diagnosis #differential ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
Mask Oxygen Delivery Devices

Simple Mask aka Hudson's Mask:
 • Flow 6-10 LPM
 • FiO2 35-50%
Face Tent:
(e.g. facial trauma ... recent surgery, etc ... uses a small valve ... Devices #management #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... hypoxemia/Sepsis etc ... - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
Syndromes - Non-inflammatory ... Causes Immune-mediated ... diagnosis and treatment ... Non-inflammatory ... noninflammatory #differential
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... ECG is vital while ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory ... infiltrates, pleural effusions ... Calmette-Guérin (BCG ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... #Syndrome #Differential
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
this post will focus ... causes Hyperkalemia ... blood flow and perfusion ... #foamed #criticalcare ... management #diagnosis #treatment
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
common systemic inflammatory ... very remarkable w/differential ... vision changes, etc ... of the steroid treatment ... Treatment of GCA