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Carotid Artery Thrombosis on POCUS

Really unfortunate case of a carotid artery thrombosis. Young patient who presented
Thrombosis on POCUS ... presented with stroke symptoms ... Artery #Thrombosis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #Neck
Criteria for diagnosis of PPCM - Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
1) LV EF <0.45
2) Meets the Framingham criteria for
for HF 3) new symptoms ... diagnosis of LV dysfunction ... identified - BWH
NINDS Diagnostic Criteria for Guillain Barre Syndrome 
Features Required for Guillain-Barré Syndrome:
 • Progressive muscle weakness
, Mild sensory symptoms ... nadir, Autonomic dysfunction ... bladder or bowel dysfunction ... bladder or bowel dysfunction ... functional paralysis BWH
Evaluation and Management of Hyperkalemia

As with hypokalemia, the immediate danger of hyperkalemia is its effect on
efforts should focus ... The absence of symptoms ... underlying renal dysfunction
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
Life-threatening organ dysfunction ... cellular/metabolic dysfunction ... Infection + Organ dysfunction ... /hypofunction. ... • Symptoms: Fever
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
/Presentation Symptoms ... dyspnea • 15% URI symptoms ... • 10% GI symptoms ... unilateral* • POCUS ... bronchograms Nick
Mixed Urinary Incontinence: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Urgency Urinary Incontinence (UUI) -> Urinary leakage preceded by a
tumour, stone, BPH ... urethral or bladder neck ... Pathophysiology #Signs #Symptoms
Ear Pain (Otalgia) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Primary Otalgia 
 - Pain that originates from the ear
Eustachian tube dysfunction ... the following symptoms ... reflux • Head and neck ... • Associated symptoms ... TMJ • Head, neck
Therapy for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) 
5 Alpha-Reductase inhibitors
 • Flnasterlde and dutasterlde act by reducing
Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH ... reduced to improve symptoms ... ejaculatory or erectile dysfunction ... capsule, and bladder neck ... reduction in the symptoms
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
indicated; expose neck ... to assess for neck ... Binder) • Use POCUS ... cap refill, ↓ BP ... shock - ↓HR, ↓BP