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Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
Dexamethasone • Decrease ... vasogenic edema • Decrease ... Nifedipine • Decreases ... #Medications #Management ... #Treatment
Hypotension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Diagnosis and Management ... Check other vital signs ... compression) Initial treatment ... crystalloids) - Decrease ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
ventilation - decrease ... difference - decrease ... compression - increase ... covid19 #sarscov2 #management ... #treatment #VisualAbstract
Recommended Follow-up of Treated Syphilis Cases

EVIDENCE OF TREATMENT FAILURE OR POSSIBLE REINFECTION
• Persistence or recurrence of
recurrence of signs ... nontreponemal titer to decrease ... development of signs ... nontreponemal titer to decrease ... #Management #Guidelines
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
Kussmaul's Sign ... Typically the JVP decreases ... there is a lack of decrease ... or increase in ... physicalexam #diagnosis #cardiology
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
ferroportin → Decreased ... functional ID) Treatment ... symptoms and QOL and decreased ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology
Echocardiographic Findings of Acute Right Ventricular Strain
 - Increased RV:LV Size Ratio
 - Abnormal Septal Motion
- McConnell's Sign ... TAPSE - Decreased ... Notching - 60/60 Sign ... Speckle Tracking: Decreased ... #Ventricular #cardiology
Orthostatic Hypotension Management Algorithm
 • Hypovolemic?  Yes → Resuscitate
 • Volume Overloaded? No → Fludrocortisone
Orthostatic Hypotension Management ... Non-pharmacologic Management ... HUT) position → Decrease ... #Hypotension #Management ... #Algorithm #treatment
Immediate Treatment for Myocardial infraction
#management #pharmacology #medications #treatment #cardiology #mnemonic
Immediate Treatment ... Myocardial infraction #management ... #medications #treatment ... #cardiology #mnemonic
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs ... , Symptoms and Management ... AL) - Kussmaul sign ... Diagnosis #Stages #Management ... #Cardiology #Staging