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Modified Centor Criteria for Likelihood of Bacterial Infection In Sore throat #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #Centor
Modified Centor ... Bacterial Infection In ... Sore throat #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #Centor #Criteria
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... MRI ($$$$) CORE IM ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
Core IM: Pearls ... Pathogenesis: • no clear ... tubular necrosis Diagnosis ... sensitivity —100%) #Diagnosis ... #Management #ContrastInduced
Severe Asthma Algorithm - Management of Life-Threatening Asthma in the Emergency Department
Step One
1. Nebulized Albuterol
2. Nebulized
Asthma Algorithm - Management ... Life-Threatening Asthma in ... Epinephrine 0.5 mg IM ... Diagnostics: Chest ... non-sinus rhythm or cardiac
Postpartum Hemorrhage - Differential Diagnosis and Management 
Uterine Atony (80%) - Most PPH Will respond to
- Differential Diagnosis ... and Management ... Methergine) 0.2 mg IM ... Hemabate) 250 mcg IM ... #Management #obstetrics
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Ultrasound, code cart in ... Cardiac surgery? ... Anaphylactic >> IM
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
MANIFESTATIONS: • The cardinal ... bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... Hospital of Baltimore IM ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... and Management ... transfusions), ↓insulin (DM ... test (only if no clear ... line, stabilizes cardiac
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... one post op Cardiology ... postoperative cardiac ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Cardiac: • Valvular ... creatinine, test for DM ... cardioversion • "Pill-in-the-pocket ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology