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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Algorithm 1. ... likelihood and clinical ... management. 3 ... Consider the relative ... #algorithm #Anesthesiology
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Algorithm for Airway Management (courtesy of James Tsung MD)

Algorithm originally published https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.7863/jum.2008.27.5.785

#Diagnosis #Management #POCUS
for Airway Management ... James Tsung MD) Algorithm ... .2008.27.5.785 #Diagnosis ... #Management #POCUS ... ETT #Intubated #Airway
VT versus SVT with Aberration - Interpretation Cheat Sheet

Features favouring VT
● Absence of typical RBBB or
● Positive or negative ... Brugada algorithm ... Positive or negative ... Aberration #Aberrancy #Comparison ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Resequenced Trauma Resuscitation Algorithm

Two categories of immediate life-threats in trauma:

1. Massive external hemorrhage

2. Critical airway compromise
Resuscitation Algorithm ... Critical airway ... resuscitation should focus ... management. ... #Diagnosis #Management
Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
up, slow down; "negative ... • V1: Broad & negative ... electrocardiogram #cardiology ... #clinical #diagnosis ... #comparison
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
interpret them in clinical ... Care UltraSound (POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Limitations #Comparison
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
existing difficult-airway ... management. ... prediction models only focus ... to address this clinical ... #Diagnosis #EM #
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
due to SAM on POCUS ... Diagnosis? ... Management? ... Echocardiogram #ultrasound #Cardiology ... #PLAX #clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... establishing a diagnosis ... have achieved negative ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... pANCA anti-MPO - Negative ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #rheumatology #diagnosis ... #management