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Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
Guidelines for Crises ... other, more common causes ... with dantrolene Hyperkalaemia ... Guidelines for crises ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Treatment algorithm for malignancy-associated hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia
 - Renal Failure → Dialysis with low Ca++ bath
Aggressive IV hydration
Treatment algorithm ... Dialysis with low Ca ... Calcitonin Refractory Cases ... #Treatment #algorithm ... #management #endocrinology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Redistribution: Acidosis, Cell ... /crush injury, ischemia ... reabsorption) Workup ... only if no clear cause ... Drives K+ into cells
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Guidelines for Crises ... remember to tailor treatment ... Consider known drug causes ... Guidelines for crises ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Hypertensive crisis ... marrow or stem cell ... Blood transfusion, Hypercalcemia ... the underlying cause ... • Treatment of
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Mortality due to CVD ... pancreatic islet cell ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Diagnosis #Management #Endocrinology ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
cannot, coronary ischemia ... and the Troponin rises ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
CRAB - no anemia, hypercalcemia ... + diff • CMP, Ca ... Bone marrow Treatment ... #Plasmacytoma #Oncology ... #Diagnosis #Workup