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Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
disorientation (LR ... + NS) • Cachexia ... C or < 35.1°C (LR ... aeruginosa Clinical ... in adults with clinically
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis of CHF - Visual Abstract
What is the accuracy of combined Lung Ultrasound
Ultrasound (LUS) and clinical ... Specificity - 95.5 - LR ... + 20.9 - LR- 0.07 ... + 8.0 - LR- 0.17 ... POCUS #diagnosis #ebm
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
: The Rational Clinical ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... LikelihoodRatios #LR
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. Source: Fanaroff AC, Rymer
: The Rational Clinical ... #EBM #Diagnosis ... LikelihoodRatios #LR
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
dialysis indication (e.g ... Nephrotoxic drugs (e.g ... isotonic fluids (NS ... or LR) • Obtain
Balanced Crystalloids vs. NormalSaline - My infographic about SALT-ED and SMART trial comparing crystalloids and saline
treatment with BC and NS ... VisualAbstract #LR ... #EBM #Nephrology
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
IV's, Consider IL NS ... /LR infusion • ... telemetry, 12-Lead EKG
Note there is ST depression in aVR, a true sign of Left Main occlusion.  Many
aVR is a good ECG ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... #Cardiology #EKG
It starts as sinus rhythm with probable inferior STEMI, but becomes ventricular fibrillation (or polymorphic ventricular
#Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #EKG #Arrest #VentricularTachycardia
Type 1 Second-degree AV block, also known as Mobitz I or Wenckebach periodicity, is almost always
electrocardiogram (ECG ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Cardiology #MedStudent #EKG