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Crystalloid Compositon - Normal Saline, Lactated Ringers, PlasmaLyte
#Pharmacology #Crystalloids #Contents #Comparison #Table #Normosol #Plasmalyte #LactatedRingers #NormalSaline
Comparison #Table #Normosol ... #NormalSaline #NS ... #LR #IVFluids
Drug Treatment of Anaphylaxis and Allergic Reactions
First-Line Therapy 
 - Epinephrine 
 - Oxygen 
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Drug Treatment of ... Oxygen - IV fluids ... : NS or LR Second-Line
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
) - Diagnosis and ... + NS) • Cachexia ... requiring aggressive fluid ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #Pulmonary
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... SBP drop >40, MAP ... IV's, Consider IL NS ... /LR infusion • ... #criticalcare #treatment
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Trial isotonic fluids ... (NS or LR) • ... you confirmed diagnosis ... simplified #workup #diagnosis
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis ... hypovolemia) - Use LR ... Bicarb<22) - avoid NS ... hypertonic Amp IVP ... #Hyperkalemia #Diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
pus, effusion fluid ... tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... measures: • Fluid
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA:
1. Serum glucose >250 mg/dL
2. Arterial pH <7.3
3. Serum bicarbonate <18 mEq/L
4. At least
DKA DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA ... a serum anion gap ... Treatment with IV ... fluid resuscitation ... until the anion gap
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
retroperitoneal fluid ... sepsis, excessive fluid ... after previous treatment ... to fill with IV fluid ... #Instructions #diagnosis
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... vasopressors to maintain MAP ... recognition and treatment ... antibiotics 2 Initial fluid ... Sepsis #Criteria #Diagnosis