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Reflex Testing - Causes of Hyporeflexia and Hyperreflexia
Focal Hyporeflexia: 
 • Radiculopathy, Mononeuropathy, Polyneuropathy, Acute stroke,
Reflex Testing - ... Causes of Hyporeflexia ... injury, Early ALS ... Eclampsia, Late ALS ... Hyperreflexia #Testing
Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy In-Hospital ACLS Algorithm
Potential Etiology of Maternal Cardiac Arrest:
A - Anesthetic complications
B -
Pregnancy In-Hospital ACLS ... Algorithm Potential ... General nonobstetric causes ... Cardiac #Arrest #Algorithm ... #ACLS #AHA2020
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
Lateral Sclerosis (ALS ... ) Summary ALS: combination ... (1) limb-onset ALS ... ) bulbar-onset ALS ... - Further testing
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... Motor Nerves: ALS ... heavy metals), Critical ... poisoning, Scorpion sting ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Causes
Recurrent / Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation

Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation
Hypercoagulable State 
 - Antithrombin deficiency 
 - Hypercoagulability ot
Behcet's disease - APLS ... Structural - Pelvic masses ... #differential #algorithm
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Algorithm INDICATIONS ... for secondary causes ... eosinophilia (common causes ... neoplasms) • Screen also ... Eosinophil #Disorders #Algorithm
Hypereosinophilia Different Diagnosis and Workup
Secondary causes are broad so start with a med review, the most
Workup Secondary causes ... the most common cause ... the US inpatient setting ... the top spot so also ... Diagnosis #Workup #algorithm
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Algorithm for the ... cardioversion as ... per ACLS • If ... of reversible causes ... #Tachycardia #Algorithm
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
to perform own ADLs ... Performance thorough ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... surgery Stress Testing
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (blood). Typical morphologic features are bilobed ("butterfly") nuclei with dispersed chromatin, subtle to
I see all of these ... features in most cases ... promyelocytic #leukemia #APL ... Pathology #Hematology #Clinical