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Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
emergency (1) ... Severe hypertension ... - Pulmonary edema ... - Hypertensive ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
Sarcoidosis Stage 1 ... 4 - Fibrosis Pulmonary ... chylothorax, and pulmonary ... hypertension are ... Signs #Symptoms #Summary
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
and Management Summary ... : 1/2 paroxysmal ... or hypotension, ... may present with pulmonary ... phenoxybenzamine blocks alpha-1
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
and Management Summary ... • Hypotension ... SOFA and SIRS 1) ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #Summary
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Colonoscopy - Scoping ... Summary Risk factors ... common reason: 1) ... #Colonoscopy #Summary ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
Polycythemia Vera (PV) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnostic Criteria:
 • Elevated hemoglobin and/or hematocrit AND
 •
and Management Summary ... erythropoietin 1/ ... aquagenic pruritis"), Hypertension ... • Treatment algorithms ... Diagnosis #Management #Summary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management Summary ... diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... disease - Portal hypertension ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... underlying portal hypertension
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary ... 1. ... heart disease • Hypertensive ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... months before 1°
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Interpretation: 1. ... mmol/L Step 1 ... acetaminophen dosing ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... Interpretation #Diagnosis #Summary
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Summary of Oncologic ... immediate treatment 1. ... rash, hypoxia, hypotension ... , weight gain, hypotension ... renal failure, pulmonary