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Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Workup • General ... Saline (50 Cc Ns ... Management #treatment #workup
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
IV's, Consider IL NS ... and Survey 4) Workup ... criticalcare #treatment #workup
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
isotonic fluids (NS ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
reabsorption) Workup ... Bicarb<22) - avoid NS
Physical Exam findings in Lower Extremity DVT - Likelihood Ratios
 - Asymmetric calf swelling, ≥2 cm
- Tenderness - NS ... Palpable cord - NS ... Homans sign - NS
Considerations for Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR vs Plasma-Lyte
 - Causes hyperkalemia?
 - Safe to
Crystalloids - 0.9% NS ... Update: AKI in NS ... LR #plasmalyte #NS
Cushing Syndrome - Likelihood Ratios of Physical Exam Findings
Moon facies LR +1.6
Central obesity LR +3.0
Generalized obesity
, in women LR +NS ... blue striae LR NS
Crystalloid Fluids - Contents Comparison Table
Normal plasma
0.9% saline (a.k.a. "normal saline" or NS)
0.45% saline (a.k.a. 1/2
normal saline" or NS ... saline (a.k.a. 1/2 NS
Syphilis - Diagnosis and Management - Primary vs Secondary vs Tertiary
Primary Syphilis
 • Localized lymphadenopathy
 •
Neurosyphilis (NS ... tests rule out NS
Push Dose Pressors - Mixing Instructions - Epinephrine and Phenylephrine

Epinephrine Preparation steps:
1. Add 9 mL of
Add 9 mL of NS to ... phenylephrine to 100 mL NS ... 10 mL from this NS