11 results
Cannot Intubate, Cannot Oxygenate (CICO) Checklist Mnemonic 

C - Call it and communicate it: 
- Communicate
Oxygenate (CICO) Checklist ... - Without delay ... patient; then suction ... Law #CICO #Checklist ... Oxygenate #Mnemonic #Management
Causes of Primary Amenorrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No onset of menarche by age 16 with secondary
Causes of Primary ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypothalamic: • Functional ... (e.g. eating disorder ... Constitutional delay
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Consider surgery related ... consider passing suction ... tracheal/bronchial suction ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
of: something related ... consider passing suction ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Post-Transplantation Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD)
Definition: Lymphoid and/or plasmacytic proliferations that occur as a result of immunosuppression in
immunosuppression in the setting ... >HLA identical related ... biopsy (preferably excisional ... to 50% of PTLD cases ... oncology #diagnosis #management
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
• Initial Management ... Compartment fasciotomy-2 incisions ... cm long - Delay ... Syndrome • Syndrome caused ... of spinal cord function
Delayed Fracture Healing - Non-Union - Malunion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Inflammation (Hours-Days) -> Soft Callus (Days-Weeks)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Biologic Failure Functional ... normal axis Non Functional ... Misalignment before casting ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
have led to an algorithmic ... well patients and delays ... witnessed many cases ... #Management #Trauma ... BigTrauma #BeforeCT #Checklist
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Assess functional ... Functional status ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Unstable Angina Delay ... medical and surgical management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
only 5% of the resting ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm