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Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
checklist Evaluation ... - RUQ ultrasound ... - Calcium level ... as for septic shock ... increase the risk of abdominal
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
- Management Checklist ... and/or digoxin level ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Checklist #CHF
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
other signs (fever ... , abdominal pain ... dL and advanced liver ... SBP #diagnosis #management ... #prophylaxis #treatment
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... mild (malaise, fever ... , rectum 80%) (abdominal ... q12h)x60 days • Pediatric ... 90-120 days • Pediatric
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
dysfunction (16%) • Shock ... or venipuncture sites ... DIC • Severe Liver ... dL) - Heparin if ... #management #hematology
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management ... >20) - Obtain abdominal ... blood, urine and ascites ... Multiorgan failure or shock ... Alcoholic #Hepatitis #Management
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... - Ferritin, liver ... function tests - Ultrasound ... suspected Adiunctive treatments ... #Management #CriticalCare
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... Increased protein level ... normal glucose level ... • Septic shock ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management