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To be eligible for hospice beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s disease must have a FAST Scale of greater
be eligible for hospice ... Loss of speech, locomotion ... eligibility for hospice ... Staging #Test #Hospice ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Palliative
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS)
 • Introduction
 • Embryology
 • Anatomy
 • Physiology of HLHS
 •
Pre-operative Management ... Typical Staged Palliation ... Goals of Stage 1 Palliation ... Options • Post-op Management
Tetralogy of Fallot Summary
 • Anatomy
 • Incidence
 • Pathophysiology
 • Presentation
 • Common Variants
 •
Tet Options for palliation ... • Post-Op Management ... Fallot #diagnosis #management
Possible Ventilator Allocation Protocol

BLUE (Exclusion criterion or SOFA > 11)
 - No Ventilator Provided
 - Use
intervention and/or palliative ... #CriticalCare #Management
d-Transposition of the Great Arteries
 • Anatomy
 • Epidemiology
 • Associated Lesions
 • Pathophysiology/Presentation
 • Classic
Pre-operative management ... Previous attempts at palliation ... cardiology #diagnosis #management
Methadone in Hospice & Palliative Care
Appropriate Candidates:
 - Moderate to severe pain
 - Pain refractory to
Methadone in Hospice ... & Palliative Care ... #Methadone #Hospice ... #Pharmacology #Management
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... Unfit: treated palliatively ... RCC #Diagnosis #Management
5 Dementia hospice eligibility • Stage 7 or beyond according to the FAST scale • Unable
5 Dementia hospice ... evaluation of hospice ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Palliative ... #Dementia #Hospice
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
intubation • Palliation ... #criticalcare #management
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Diagnosis and Management ... Operable disease: Management ... blood pressure management ... blood pressure management ... therapy ; otherwise, palliative