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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Coagulation (DIC) Overview ... Thromboembolism (7%) • CNS ... Treat primary cause ... Coagulation #diagnosis #causes ... #treatment #management
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... death -> end-organ dysfunction ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... death -> end-organ dysfunction ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #differential #causes
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
CNS Manifestations ... Encephalopathy, Cognitive Dysfunction ... autoantibodies that will cause ... inflammation, leading ... cerebritis #diagnosis #management
ED Treatment of 
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding 

Hemodynamically unstable 
Resuscitation 
 • ABCs! 
 • Fluids +
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding ... possible ectopic vs ... pregnancy related cause ... cancer, liver dysfunction ... #Management #Obstetrics
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Performance thorough ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... or LV dysfunction ... - what is the bleeding ... medical and surgical management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis Overview ... bowel or bladder dysfunction ... that results in CNS ... • Infectious causes ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Idiopathic LV dysfunction ... exclude other causes ... thrombus, RV systolic dysfunction ... Period • Breast-feeding ... consensus on risk vs
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
various tissues, leading ... • Endocrine Dysfunction ... marrow: Organ dysfunction ... CNS involvement: ... Histiocytosis #Diagnosis #Management