8 results
M (Mallampati Score): essentially giving you an external assessment tool about the patient’s ability to open
Class II (the two best ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #EM #PCC #anesth
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Viral Infection Clinical ... - Mycoplasma, EBV ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH ... • Diagnostic Test ... Donath-Landsteiner test
Acute Varicocele Revealing Renal Cancer - Examination of the scrotum revealed an enlarged varicose vein along
Panel B, arrows) #Clinical ... #Honc #RCC #Varicocele ... #Scrotal #NEJM
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
stairs, brisk 4 mph ... event, follow ACC ... determine if stress test ... Change in clinical ... since elective PCI
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Encephalitis: MCC ... Herpesviruses (MCC ... virus • CMV • EBV ... Arboviruses: - West ... • Common clinical
Dual Antithrombotic Therapy with Dabigatran after PCI in Atrial Fibrillation (RE-DUAL PCI trial) - Shown is
Dabigatran after PCI ... point of major or clinically ... warfarin (Panel A) #EBM ... TripleTherapy #PCI ... AtrialFibrillation #NEJM
Chest radiography showed perihilar opacities in both lungs with free air in the mediastinum (Panel A,
#Clinical #PCC # ... IM #EM #Pneumomediastinum ... #Influenza #NEJM
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan and Galactomannan Testing Sensitivity Specificity and False Positives
1,3-Beta-D-Glucan
 • Cell wall component of many fungi
Other +s: PCP, Histo ... cut-offs defined in clinical ... IA PPV NPV ... >90% (In most clinical ... the use of this test