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Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... #pulmonary #differential ... #causes #management
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
blocking agent • Shock ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... • Myocardial ischemia ... Endocarditis + Abscess ... #cardiology #BRADI
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... ventilated • CXR ... diagnosed COPD Assess ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #treatment #pulmonary
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
, - regional ischemia ... ->treatments include ... assessment - assess ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
Adult ACLS - Cardiac Arrest Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least 2
Arrest Algorithm ... Shock Energy for ... intra-arterial Reversible Causes ... , Thrombosis, (pulmonary ... #AHA2020 #management
Adult Cardiac Arrest - ACLS Circular Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least
Circular Algorithm ... Shock Energy for ... intra-arterial Reversible Causes ... , Thrombosis, (pulmonary ... #AHA2020 #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
, with ensuing ischemia ... has five major clinical ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... fever • Septic shock ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management