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Button Battery Ingestion Triage and Treatment Guideline - Algorithm

#ButtonBattery #Battery #Ingestion #Algorithm #Management #Treatment #Guidelines #Toxicology
Button Battery Ingestion ... Triage and Treatment ... ButtonBattery #Battery ... Algorithm #Management #Treatment
Algorithm for the Treatment of Uremic Pruritus
Nonpharmacologic Treatments:
 • Daily topical emollient
 • Avoidance of extremes
Algorithm for the Treatment ... Nonpharmacologic Treatments ... Gabapentin 100 mg after ... Prebabalin 25 mg after ... #management #nephrology
Intracerebral hemorrhages (ICH) - Subdural, Epidural, Subarachnoid Comparison

Subdural hematoma 
• Crescent-shaped 
• Blood collection between dura
collection between dura matter ... middle meningeal artery ... Subarachnoid #Comparison #Neurology
Approach to Headaches - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Red flags (PHANTOMS):
 • Pattern change, progressively worse, papilledema
 •
PHANTOMS): • Pattern ... deficits • Temporal artery ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #neurology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment
Blood pressure control:
 • Aim for 10-25% BP reduction within
Syndrome (PRES) - Treatment ... usually be d/c'd after ... Encephalopathy #Syndrome #Treatment ... #Management #Neurology
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
mean pulmonary-artery ... mosaic parenchymal pattern ... Bypass Other Treatment ... Balloon Pulmonary-Artery ... reduce pulmonary-artery
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Imaging Patterns ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment ... diagnosis #management #neurology
Phimosis 
Inability to retract the foreskin - Can be normal up to 3 years old -
Clinically significant after ... age 4 Treatment ... Comparison #Diagnosis #Urology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
30%), Variable pattern ... deterioration after ... corticosteroids TREATMENT ... poor improvement after ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
• No Treatment ... PR shorted after ... No Treatment. ... • May be no pattern ... 3:1 block) • Treatment