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An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
spectrum, based on clinical ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Evaluation ... #Protocol #Algorithm
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
spectrum, based on clinical ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Evaluation ... #Protocol #Algorithm
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Blood Culture Collection ... to guide the decision ... infections, whose clinical ... BloodCultures #Collection ... EmergencyDepartment #Protocol
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
COVID-19 Adult Clinical ... Evaluation Guide ... UCSF #COVID19 #Evaluation ... #Guide #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Protocol
Hypertonic Saline for Treatment of Hyponatremic Encephalopathy
1) 100 ml bolus of 3% NaCl over 10 min.
May repeat until clinical ... first 5 hours. 4) Correction ... Treatment #management #protocol
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm ... fatigue despite clinical ... fatigue after correction ... modifications Algorithm ... #Fatigue #IBD #Algorithm
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... total body stores Evaluation ... need more rapid correction
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... range of possible clinical ... useful framework to guide ... are excellent at evaluating ... #differential #algorithm
General Approach to Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Framework
1) Check reticulocyte count to determine if hypo/hyper-proliferative
2) Exclude
) 3) Use MCV & clinical ... context to guide ... further evaluation ... diagnosis #hematology #algorithm