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Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
maintained fever CAUSES ... #Differential #Causes ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Call for ultrasound ... Plan definitive management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... , inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... with decreased lung ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... ultrasound (exclude ... - Infectious workup ... Do not measure negative ... #Management #CriticalCare
Approach to ECGs - Syncope Syndromes
Electrolytes
 • ↑K - brady, peak T, wide QRS, no P,
ECGs - Syncope Syndromes ... QT via long ST ... >1 of V1-V3 + negative ... mchlwng #Syncope #Syndromes ... #ECG #EKG #Checklist
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
and Associated Lung ... Ultrasound Findings ... pleura in severe cases ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... • Cushing’s syndrome ... Mineralocorticoid excess syndromes ... #Screening #Workup
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Irritable bowel syndrome ... Malabsorption syndromes ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
• Initial Management ... • Syndrome caused ... globules in the lung ... Syndrome usually ... gram positive and negative
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup ... patients with a negative ... White-coat syndrome ... Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... #Hypertension #Workup