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High Pressure Injection Injury 

• External exam may look deceptively innocuous
• Delayed pain as inflammation sets
Distended, swollen digit ... pale, ischemic digit ... Hand #Diagnosis #Management
ESICM LIVES 2019 session on Post Cardiac Arrest Care.
Summary and infographic by Tommaso Scquizzato (@tscquizzato): https://www.esicm.org/blog/?p=2337

Topics
Heamodynamic management ... outcome related to multi-organ
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
hypotension • Multi-organ ... STSS #treatment #management
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Miliar → Nodular → Mular ... Fever #diagnosis #management
Interphalangeal Joint Dislocation
Interphalangeal joint dislocations almost always occur dorsally, look for associated avulsion fractures! Here's a
of the affected digit ... tendon) • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Management during ... Management during ... preload) • A multi-disciplinary ... Management during ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis #management
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
commonly leading to multi-focal ... liver disease management ... Cholangitis #diagnosis #management
Algorithm for the Treatment of Membranous Lupus Nephritis
Sub-nephrotic-range proteinuria (<3.5g/d, normal serum albumin) and Preserved kidney
corticosteroids • Multi-target ... Algorithm #Treatment #management
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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- Progressive multi-organ ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Central line myth #2: location, location, location 

By far the best data we have to guide
have to guide management ... performed a large, multi-center