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Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential ... over 24 hours Differential ... Primary Vascular: Pulmonary ... Indications for Intubation ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Insufficiency, Liver ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Checklist Evaluation ... and/or digoxin level ... Consider BiPAP (vS intubation ... Revascularization, treatment
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Presentation: • Incubation ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
mortality BPAP - Bi-Level ... COPD, decreases intubation ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... endocarditis w/ septic pulmonary ... • Persistent fever ... #criticalcare # ... diagnosis #management
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hypoxemia - Workup and Management ... Differential Diagnosis ... Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... #treatment #criticalcare
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Diagnosis and Management ... Presentation: • Incubation ... 2-6 months • Fever ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... #microbiology
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
• Cellulitis: Fever ... Treatment: • 50% ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Phos), CBC with differential ... workup or TSH level ... - Intubation ... #Management #CriticalCare