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Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
McDonald diagnostic criteria ... Laboratory findings (eg ... VEP’s: EEG of visual ... symptoms) • Acute ... sclerosis #diagnosis #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Berlin criteria ... (2013) ● Acute ... objective assessment“ (e.g ... if there is no clear
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
• no slam dunk criteria ... Pathogenesis: • no clear ... hypoxic/cytotoxic acute ... #Diagnosis #Management
STEMI Equivalents on ECG
 • Conventional STEMI - Elevation of ST segment at (or 40-60 ms
Equivalents on ECG ... segment at (or 40-60 ms ... • Sgarbossa criterion ... deviation) • Acute ... #Equivalents #ECG
Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute B1 (Thiamine) Deficiency - Diagnosis and Management
Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 of
Encephalopathy - Acute ... Diagnosis and Management ... Diagnosis - Caine Criteria ... dysfunctions ( e.g ... Deficiency #Diagnosis #Management
Tumor Lysis Syndrome
An acute, life-threatening condition that appears within 7 days of starting cytotoxic therapies in
Lysis Syndrome An acute ... grade lymphoma & Acute ... with Ca only if EKG ... Walid Malki, MD, MS ... TLS #oncology #management
DETROIT CARDIOGENIC SHOCK INITIATIVE ALGORITHM

INCLUSION CRITERIA
Acute Myocardial Infarction
 Ischemic Symptoms
 EKG and/or biomarker evidence of AMI
ALGORITHM INCLUSION CRITERIA ... Acute Myocardial ... Ischemic Symptoms  EKG ... DCSI #Initiative #Management
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
combined with various criteria ... negative Reller Criteria ... isn't exactly clear ... probably much higher (e.g ... is proposed: #Management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Culture (+): Acute ... -> TEE • Duke Criteria ... ↑ ESR, CRP • EKG ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria ... the following criteria ... Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... Clear evidence of ... edema on imaging (eg