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Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive hemoptysis = life ... has potential to cause ... • Workup • General ... #treatment #workup ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Consider if: ... no respiratory cause ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... Glucose, Salicylate level ... Toxic Salicylate Level
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... CBC, vitamin D level ... stain and culture if ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... pressure as a cause ... adult, 10 ml.kg-1 paediatric ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... BNP, troponin if ... Goodpasture's cause ... hematuria, RBC casts ... differential #diagnosis #management
Management of Pediatric Kidney Stones
Acute Managment:
 • Pain relief: NSAIDs, opioids
 • Facilitating passage of stone:
Management of Pediatric ... Kidney Stones Acute Managment ... • ACUTE: - If ... - Transplant: Liver ... #Pediatrics #nephrology
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
in Anaesthesia Causes ... mainstay of initial management ... mainstay of initial management ... field to below level ... #Workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
in Anaesthesia If ... Actively maintained fever ... #Differential #Causes ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... 6th decades of life ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... other processes Workup ... ILD #diagnosis #management