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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
Inflammatory Myopathies
Dermatomyositis
 • Onset: Subacute
 • Pattern: Proximal
 • CK: Up to 50X ULN
 • Autoantibodies:
: Subacute • Pattern ... : Subacute • Pattern ... or subacute • Pattern ... initially worsens after ... diagnosis #comparison #rheumatology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
30%), Variable pattern ... deterioration after ... corticosteroids TREATMENT ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #rheumatology #
Thromboelastogram Interpretation
Reaction Time (R Value):
 - Time till initiation of fibrin clot
 - Treatment: FFP, protamine
K
fibrin clot - Treatment ... interaction - Treatment ... clot 30 minutes after ... MA/MCF - Treatment ... #coagulation #hematology
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
involvement, irregular pattern ... Responsive to Treatment ... growth, response to treatment ... pathophysiology #Hematology
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
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
Autoimmune Myositis
Necrotizing myopathy is associated with higher CK levels, greater level of muscle weakness, less systemic
significant weakness after ... 2 years of treatment ... Myositis #diagnosis #rheumatology
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
• Is there a pattern ... of bed, better after ... - Autoimmune Rheumatologic ... an asymmetric pattern ... Diagnosis #MSK #rheumatology
Treatment algorithm for VTE in Malignancy

(A) Suggested treatment algorithm for symptomatic and incidental DVT or PE
Treatment algorithm ... (A) Suggested treatment ... (B) Suggested treatment ... Edoxaban is initiated after ... Anticoagulation #Management #Hematology