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Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
or iatrogenic causes ... help and inform clinical ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... left shoulder but using ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Treatment depends ... maintained fever CAUSES ... (→ 3-14) e.g. during ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... response preceding infection ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Oropharyngeal Weakness • Oculomotor
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
Syphilis - Clinical ... Manifestations and Treatment ... lesion contact during ... responsible for most cases ... Treatment:
IDSA - Clinical Strategy to Build an Individualized Treatment Regimen for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB)
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IDSA - Clinical ... Individualized Treatment ... are contacts of infectious ... antimicrobials #regimens #pharmacology ... #dosing #idsa #
Orbital Apex Syndrome secondary to Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus (HZO)

This 81 yo male was referred to our
of the nerves coming ... the optic nerve, oculomotor ... receive proper treatment ... is no mainstay treatment ... Ophthalmicus #HZO #clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... defect (Type 1) or anatomic ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... ) on room air Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
LBRF was epidemic during ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... Infectious Diseases ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Guidelines for Crises ... after an initial injection ... inform immediate clinical ... continuous CPR using ... Intraoperative #Checklist
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
& Dry) is the treatment ... then be excreted using ... the determined cause ... & Dry” is the treatment ... #pharmacology