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Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Decompensated HF • New ... and success with new-onset ... rhythm control with early ... serum creatinine, test ... AFib #diagnosis #management
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
studies Clinical Trial ... Incidence: No of new ... / √n Positive skew ... mode), negative skew ... Lead-time bias: early
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Always compare new ... esp in work-up/management ... Urine Pregnancy Test ... Admissions #ICU #Pearls ... diagnosis #workup #criticalcare
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
now reflecting new ... unilateral* • POCUS ... Cheatsheet #Diagnosis #Management ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER/TEST ... EQUIPMENT: NC, ... OPA, Suction, Video ... intubation #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
The Vortex is based on the principle that there are three ‘nonsurgical’ techniques to establish a
If a best effort ... emergency front-of-neck ... means that airway management ... culminates in arrival ... #visualaid #criticalcare
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
indicated; expose neck ... to assess for neck ... obtunded) • Early ... Binder) • Use POCUS ... Survey #CABCDE #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
irregular rhythm, new ... determine if stress test ... • Older > 50 years ... CARP, DECREASE V trials ... medical and surgical management
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER/TEST ... EQUIPMENT: NC, ... OPA, Suction, Video ... intubation #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Pectoralis Major Rupture Injury during Bench Press Exercise
CLINICAL: a rare injury patterns with typical sudden "tear/pop"
immobilization, rest ... Muscle belly tears ... , low-grade partial ... Inferior to operative management ... Injury #clinical #video