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Failure to Thrive - Evaluation Checklist
 • History: Baseline, ADLs/iADLs, Med Rec, ROS, Social support &
Failure to Thrive ... - Evaluation Checklist ... thyroid, LN), Functional ... PT, OT, Social work ... BrighamMedRes #FTT #Failure
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Severe Heart Failure ... Shock - Management Checklist ... Lactate, Liver function ... right ventricular failure ... cardiogenic shock #Checklist
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... causing heart failure ... worsening valve function ... #Endocarditis #checklist
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
Checklist Approach ... - Severe renal failure ... depend on renal function ... depend on renal function ... Critical Care #Checklist
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... pre-existing heart failure ... , esp in work-up ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... #diagnosis #workup
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... Unexpected total power failure ... #Electricity #Failure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
How a Chest Tube Drainage System Works

Bottle 1: Fluid Collection. This is a simple collection bottle
Drainage System Works ... due to equipment failure ... Bottle 3: Suction ... deliver controlled suction
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Cirrhosis/Liver failure ... phosphatase • Gamma-glutamyltransferase ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Polyclonal increase in gamma ... • Bone marrow failure ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... consider passing suction ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup