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Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Stages: 1. ... PRE-SHOCK - Compensated ... end-organ damage, multisystem ... gastrointestinal bleeding ... Types #diagnosis #management
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Stages: 1. ... PRE-SHOCK - Compensated ... end-organ damage, multisystem ... gastrointestinal bleeding ... types #diagnosis #management
Fatigue and IBD Algorithm
 • 40-50% patients have fatigue despite clinical remission
 • Risk factors: BMI,
Algorithm • 40- ... disease control • 1/ ... and/or stress • Pts ... /other causes • ... #management
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
of hospitalized pts ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... immunocompromised, IBD ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... exclude other causes ... : cardiogenic shock ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... months before 1°
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
malignant, pediatric cases ... Hypertension: 1/ ... pheochromocytoma multisystem ... phenoxybenzamine blocks alpha-1 ... adrenoceptors, potentially leading
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology
Leptospirosis - Post-exposure Prophylaxis
Why do we give prophylaxis against Leptospirosis?
To prevent WEIL'S SYNDROME
 - Severe icteric
, 5-10% of all cases ... - Triad of 1) ... die of septic shock ... failure and/or bleeding ... #prophylaxis #management