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Lumbar Puncture Bleeding Risk

Discontinuing medications before lumbar puncture
 • Antiplatelets
 • Anticoagulants

#LP #Lumbar #Puncture #Bleeding #Risk
Lumbar Puncture ... Bleeding Risk ... Anticoagulants #LP ... #Lumbar #Puncture ... #Bleeding #Risk
Validation of the Step-By-Step Approach to Febrile Infants

#Diagnosis #Management #Pediatrics #Peds #Febrile #Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm #LP
Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics ... #Risk #Stratification
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
block – aims to risk ... both reduce the number ... components of the algorithm ... Infant #StepByStep #Algorithm ... #LP #Antibiotics
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... pleural effusions, lobar ... collapse, lung ... collapse, or pulmonary ... severity of the ARDS
Paucis Verbis card: Early goal directed therapy
April 16th, 2010 | ALiEM Cards, Infectious Disease 
By: Michelle
, 2010 | ALiEM Cards ... was an absolute risk ... Furthermore, the number ... Rivers #Protocol #Algorithm
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
ACS Evaluation Algorithm ... Algorithm that ... Radiation to both arms ... 2.6) - Cardiac risk ... findings - Age - Risk
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
This is an algorithm ... to identify low-risk ... managed without lumbar ... #LP #Antibiotics ... #Risk #Stratification
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
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk ... any modifiable risk ... > 1% risk of CV ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... by effusions, lobar ... /lung collapse, ... hydrostatic edema if no risk ... #CriticalCare #ARDS