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Algorithm for assessment and management of community acquired pneumonia (CAP) #Management #Peds #PrimaryCare #CommunityAcquiredPneumonia #CAP #Protocol
Algorithm for assessment ... and management ... of community acquired ... pneumonia (CAP) ... #Management #Peds
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... to percussion, Decreased ... #Community #Acquired ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Diagnosis and Management ... Pneumonia Signs ... /Symptoms: • Confusion ... #Diagnosis #Management
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
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Diagnosis and Management ... , signs, and complications ... • Treatment algorithms ... with evidence of acquired ... PV #Diagnosis #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... OSA • Continue CPAP ... are needed: • HgbA1c ... or death (CARP, DECREASE ... medical and surgical management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic sx + signs ... normal values increase ... GCA #Temporal #Signs ... #Symptoms #Diagnosis ... #Management
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Neonate

WHY CPAP? 
• Maintain airway patency 
• Helps avoid alveoli
Neonate WHY CPAP ... compliance • Decreases ... auscultate for signs ... #Neonate #Management ... #ABCs #ABCDE #Peds
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Males=Females SIGNS ... /SYMPTOMS: • Acute ... misdiagnosed as CAP ... • Symptoms: Cough ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #management
Quick Guide: Buprenorphine Initiation Algorithm
Adjunctive meds: 
The following can be prescribed PRN for symptoms of withdrawal
Adjunctive meds ... prescribed PRN for symptoms ... hours PRN w/d symptoms ... withdrawal/pain ● Decrease ... #Treatment #Management