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Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
Marfans, EDS ... deficit • Shock ... Treatment - ED ... #Dissection #diagnosis ... #management #vascular
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... /management of shock ... get an EKG and CXR ... #Admitting #Admissions ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
and Management ... viral arthritis Workup ... Treatment: admission ... cervical, anal Cxs ... #Management #Summary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
100,000 hospital admissions ... - Imaging: • CXR ... other processes Workup ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... #treatment