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Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
physical activity - Nausea ... /vomiting (+LR 0.92 ... Diaphoresis (+LR ... neck or jaw (+LR ... to both arms (+LR
POUND Mnemonic for Diagnosis of Migraine Headache
P Is the headache Pulsatile in quality?
O Is the duration
there associated Nausea ... ≥ 4 features LR ... 3 features LR ... 3.5 ≤2 features LR ... Pound #Mnemonic #LR
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Diagnosis and Management ... disorientation (LR ... • Cachexia (LR ... C or < 35.1°C (LR ... CAP #Diagnosis #Management
Considerations for Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR vs Plasma-Lyte
 - Causes hyperkalemia?
 - Safe to
Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR ... Plasma-Lyte - Causes ... - Causes lactic ... - Can cause a NAGMA ... indications #comparison #LR
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... findings: Fluid wave (LR ... peripheral edema (LR ... absence of edema (LR ... shifting dullness (LR
Lactated Ringers (LR) vs Normal Saline (NS) - Comparison

Composition of LR:
 • Sodium 130 mEq/L
 •
Lactated Ringers (LR ... Composition of LR ... Lactated Ringers (LR ... lactic acid • LR ... Lactated #Ringers #LR
Drug Treatment of Anaphylaxis and Allergic Reactions
First-Line Therapy 
 - Epinephrine 
 - Oxygen 
 -
fluids: NS or LR ... #Anaphylaxis #Management
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
PROBLEM ~80% of AKI cases ... are caused by prerenal ... fluids (NS or LR ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts
2021 ACR/VF Guidelines for Management of Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)

#GiantCell #Arteritis #GCA #ACR2021 #Management #rheumatology #algorithm
2021 ACR/VF Guidelines ... for Management ... #GCA #ACR2021 #Management ... #rheumatology #algorithm
2021 ACR/VF Guidelines for Management of Polyarteritis Nodosa (PAN)

#PAN #Polyarteritis #Nodosa #ACR2021 #Management #rheumatology #algorithm #vasculitis
2021 ACR/VF Guidelines ... for Management ... Nodosa #ACR2021 #Management ... #rheumatology #algorithm