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Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
- Review of medication ... and pain-dose ketamine ... limit them as able ... Pancreatitis #Checklist #Diagnosis
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS Protocol
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension
1. Parasternal Long Cardiac View
2. Apical Four-Chamber
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS ... Parasternal Long Cardiac ... DVT depending on clinical ... #RUSH #Exam #POCUS ... #Protocol #diagnosis
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Lung Point on POCUS ... Lung-Cardiac Point ... False #LungPoint #POCUS ... #clinical #lungcardiac ... #differential #diagnosis
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
good enough at diagnosing ... @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... Obstruction (HOCM, critical ... pancreatitis, post-cardiac ... thyrotoxicosis), Medications ... Undifferentiated #Shock #diagnosis
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
velocities during the cardiac ... seen during the cardiac ... IVC #Congestion #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... establishing a diagnosis ... Cardiac cath if ... cardiology #treatment #table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Allergies to medications ... exam Determine Cardiac ... Change in clinical ... postoperative cardiac ... stratification #diagnosis
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... Etiology: • Medications ... Elimination (see Table ... STOP offending medications ... line, stabilizes cardiac
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac ... - HIV/HAART medications