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pleural effusion #management #treatment #algorithm #diagnosis
pleural effusion ... #management #treatment ... #algorithm #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... EffusionsPleural ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
- Malignant pleural ... effusion - Malignant ... pericardial effusion ... metastases Treatment ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
, DIC, TMA • Cardiac ... • Pulmonary: pleural ... effusion, infiltrates ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment ... Algorithm for Convulsive ... of 2-10 mg/kg/hr ... #Epilepticus #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Management
Hepatorenal Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Who gets HRS?
 • Decompensated cirrhosis
 • Typically with existing
infection Mainstay of treatment ... vasoconstriction), ß1 (↑ cardiac ... Octreotide 50mcg/hr ... • Maintains cardiac ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
 -
Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... UOP > 0.5 cc/kg/hr ... #criticalcare #algorithm ... #treatment #management
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
Emergency Treatment ... Algorithm for Convulsive ... of 2-10 mg/kg/hr ... #Epilepticus #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Convulsive
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
before performing echocardiogram ... purposes of this algorithm ... regurgitation, pericardial effusion ... echo is positive, treatment ... Disease #Incomplete #Algorithm