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Clinic, Home, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements - Strengths and Weaknesses
(via https://twitter.com/JACCJournals/status/1088104323354185730 )

Clinic Measurements:
• BP measured
Clinic, Home, and Ambulatory ... used to guide treatment ... BP measured at work ... #Management #PrimaryCare ... #Comparison #Strategies
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... and Management ... unless clinical concern ... Additional metastatic workup ... #candidiasis #treatment
Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis: Treatment Options Based on Severity of the Disease
Mild:
 • Trial of PPI
 • Trial
Gastroenteritis: Treatment ... strictures Severe + Concern ... Gastroenteritis #Treatment ... #management #gastroenterology
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Diagnosis and Management ... Infectious, Ischemia, Cancer ... Imaging findings Workup ... hemorrhage Management ... #Treatment #Gastroenterology
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
Incomplete/relief/treatment ... GERD - Testing Ambulatory ... of bed GERD Treatment ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #Gastroenterology
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Inpatient Management Checklist
History and physical examination
 - Assess for disease severity
IBD) - Inpatient Management ... Checklist History ... Disease #Inpatient #Management ... #treatment #Checklist ... #gastroenterology
Indications for ERCP
1. Biliary Tract Diseases:
 • Biliary obstruction: Choledocholithiasis, Malignant biliary strictures, Benign biliary strictures
• Pancreatic cancer ... pancreatitis (treatment ... #Indications #management ... #gastroenterology
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
thermoregulatory center ... production • Treatment ... #Hyperthermia #comparison ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
• Immunologic Workup ... • Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Usual therapeutic management ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup