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Pulmonary Hypertension - Treatment, ICU Management and Monitoring

#PHTN #Pulmonary #Hypertension #Treatment #Management #Monitoring #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Hypertension ... - Treatment, ICU ... Monitoring #PHTN #Pulmonary ... #Hypertension # ... Treatment #Management
Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) and Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP) - Pathophysiology
ICH Management:
1. Manage Blood Pressure
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Pathophysiology ICH ... • Spontaneous ICH ... lidocaine, +/- pre-treatment ... formation) BP: • Hypotension ... • Hypertension
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment Regimens
 • Outpatient, no significant comorbidities
 • Outpatient,
and Outpatient Treatment ... Inpatient, Severe / ICU ... Inpatient #Outpatient #Treatment ... #management #pulmonary
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... indicate preferred treatment ... long-acting β2-agonist; ICS ... #Management #Pulmonary ... GOLD2017 #LAMA #LABA #ICS
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... 5 or elevated Cr ... - pulmonary opacities ... initiation • Differential ... organ dysfuxtion, ICU
Upper Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Hematemesis/Melena
 - Blood in vomitus?/black, tarry stools
 - If
Gastronintestinal Bleed - Differential ... Drugs - Stress (ICU ... Pylori Portal Hypertension ... Gastronintestinal #Differential
Gestational Hypertension & Preeclampsia

Gestational Hypertension (gHTN) 
• BP > 140/90 
• Onset > 20 wks gestation
Gestational Hypertension ... Gestational Hypertension ... mg/24 hr) • Cr ... Elevated AST/ALT • Pulmonary ... #Gestational #Hypertension
Differential Diagnosis for ST Segment Elevations
 - ACUTE STEMI 
 - PULMONARY EMBOLISM 
 - LBBB
Differential Diagnosis ... ACUTE STEMI - PULMONARY ... TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY/ICH ... STElevation #STEMI #Differential
The 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) treatment strategy figure for adults and adolescents, annotated to
Asthma (GINA) treatment ... ICS: inhaled corticosteroids ... Management #Stepwise #Pulmonary ... #StepUp #Treatment
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Vascular: Stroke, Hypertension ... , ICH, Cerebral ... Prophyria #Seizures #Differential