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Newborn Assessment - APGAR Score

Assessment of newborn vital signs following labor via a 10-point scale evaluated
Assessment - APGAR Score ... newborn vital signs ... there is increased risk ... develop long-term neurologic ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Original and Simplified PESI PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk #score #PE #Table
PulmonaryEmbolism #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Pulmonary Embolism Severeity Index - estimates 30d mortality #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #PCC #PESI #sPESI #risk
30d mortality #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Clinical Findings Risk ... chromosome 21) Signs ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia ... pathophysiology #geriatrics #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Original and Simplified PESI Prediction Rule Test Characteristics for 30-Day Mortality
#EBM #Diagnosis	#EM #IM #PCC	#PESI #sPESI #risk
Mortality #EBM #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #PCC #PESI ... #sPESI #risk #score
Symptoms and Signs of Hypocalcemia
Muscular: Weakness, fatigue, Spasms, cramps
Neurologic: Tetany, Chvostek sign, Trousseau sign, Circumoral and
Symptoms and Signs ... Spasms, cramps Neurologic ... paresthesias, Impaired memory ... Hallucinations, dementia ... #diagnosis #endocrinology
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
of symptoms or signs ... Diagnosis: Quantitative ... PCR and CMV pp65 ... 50 or less: • Neurologic ... Cardiovascular risk
Orthopedic Essentials - Spinal Trauma and Spine Classification 
DENIS THREE COLUMN CONCEPT
Anterior column:
Ligamentum flavum PC ... Chance Fracture MINOR ... spinal deformity or neurologic ... Classification and Severity Score ... #Orthopedics #diagnosis
Canadian CT Head Rule 

CT head is only required for minor head injury patients 
with any
only required for minor ... findings: High Risk ... GCS score < 15 at ... Any sign of basal ... elevation) #Diagnosis
Anorexia Nervosa: Complications
CARDIAC ABNORMALITIES
 - Functional: Low BP, Sinus bradycardia, prolonged QT interval
 - Structural: Reduced
/ Hypovolemia NEUROLOGIC ... concentrating and memory ... illnesses • Suicide risk ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms