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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
on scores and clinical ... class (30-day all cause ... Hemodynamics (Stable ... Transient Hypotension, Shock ... prognostication #diagnosis #management
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Stages: 1. ... host response to infection ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Types #diagnosis #management ... warm #wet #dry #table
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
risk secondary ... • Affects 1:25,000 ... to 8 years Clinical ... severe community-acquired ... DDX - Other causes
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
- Risk for pseudomonas ... piperacillin-tazobactam Septic Shock ... only in selected cases ... #Community #Acquired ... Antibiotics #Coverage #Management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Skin exam for infection ... exam Determine Cardiac ... > 1% risk of CV ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
if infection most ... ) or septic shock ... Consider monitoring cardiac ... Discuss ongoing management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... Infections 2. ... , Hypotension, shock ... rheumatology #comparison #table
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
organ dysfunction caused ... host response to infection ... SEPTIC SHOCK is ... Patients w/ septic shock ... Clinical construct
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Vasopressors Table ... Vascular Resistance, Cardiac ... Resistance, Main Uses ... Dopamine, low 1- ... Pharmacology #Effect #Management