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CPAP Troubleshooting Tips
1. Wrong size/style mask → try a different mask, nasal pillows
2. Trouble getting used
Wrong size/style mask ... try a different mask ... it → wear for short ... irritation, pressure sores ... management #problems #pulmonary
Mask Oxygen Delivery Devices

Simple Mask aka Hudson's Mask:
 • Flow 6-10 LPM
 • FiO2 35-50%
Face Tent:
Mask Oxygen Delivery ... • Face Tents are ... venturi valves are ... the exhalation ports ... Devices #management #pulmonary
Triquetral Fracture
The triquetrum is the second most commonly fractured carpal bone. Look for the "pooping duck
Complications are ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
Positive Varus Stress Test in LCL Injury

Interesting knee injury in a young basketball player who landed
his injury, we are ... #PhysicalExam #Sports ... collateral #ligament #msk
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
posterolateral, peak age ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
Multiple Sclerosis - Summary

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune-mediated neurodegenerative disease of the central nervous system
Multiple Sclerosis (MS ... young adults (mean age ... - Young adults aged ... Oligoclonal bands are ... taper 3-7 days - Short
Scaphoid Fractures
The scaphoid is the most commonly fractured carpal bone. Remember, if a fracture is suspected
fractures that are ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
women and after age ... anti—muscle-specific kinase (MuSK ... antibodies - MuSK-positive ... myasthenia usually • Starts ... generalized MG who are
Pulmonary complications of targeted therapy
-Immune checkpoint inhibitors (e.g. pembrolizumab)
-Pneumonitis is uncommon (~5% of patients) but can
Pulmonary complications ... /3 of patients are ... There are case reports
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
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Catheterization - Pulmonary ... and Calculations PULMONARY ... and Diastolic Pulmonary ... PAP>20) subtypes are ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc