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Lumbar Puncture Bleeding Risk

Discontinuing medications before lumbar puncture
 • Antiplatelets
 • Anticoagulants

#LP #Lumbar #Puncture #Bleeding #Risk
Lumbar Puncture ... medications before lumbar ... Anticoagulants #LP ... #Lumbar #Puncture
Radiographic Signs of Lobar Collapse
General findings to look for:
 • Crowding of ribs near collapse
 •
Radiographic Signs of Lobar ... Collapse General ... shift towards the collapse ... @nickmmark #lobar ... #collapse #pulmonary
Atraumatic Collapsed Athlete - Suggested Algorithm for Collapsed Athlete

In this review, the authors review that the
Atraumatic Collapsed ... Athlete - Suggested Algorithm ... for Collapsed Athlete ... following suggested algorithm ... CollapsedAthlete #Marathon #Algorithm
Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
both reduce the number ... components of the algorithm ... Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics
Approach to Suspected Meningitis - Empiric Management Algorithm

 • Alarm Symptoms (FAILS)
 • Empiric Antibiotics
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Empiric Management Algorithm ... Obtain Head CT • Lumbar ... Management #diagnosis #Algorithm
Excellent overview of the emergency department approach to atraumatic sudden onset headaches- including proposed algorithm and
including proposed algorithm ... considerations for omitting LP ... petrosoniak #Headache #Algorithm
Neurosyphilis - Treponema pallidum - Diagnosis Algorithm
Lumbar Puncture Indications:
 • Neuro / Ocular symptoms
 • HIV
pallidum - Diagnosis Algorithm ... Lumbar Puncture ... Tertiary Syphilis LP ... pallidum #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Lumbar #puncture
PUNISH Mnemonic - Indications for Head CT before Lumbar Puncture (LP)

P - Papilledema
U - Unconsciousness
N -
Head CT before Lumbar ... Puncture (LP) ... Indications #HeadCT #Lumbar ... #Puncture #LP #
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... followed by rapid collapse ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm