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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Workup ... #treatment #criticalcare
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Overview ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis ... • Workup • General ... #Management #treatment ... #workup #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Tuberculosis Overview ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Tuberculosis #TB #Diagnosis ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Tuberculosis Testing LATENT ... TB • LTBI is diagnosed ... used to exclude pulmonary ... #Workup #TB #Latent ... #Active #LatentTB
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... Hemodynamics (Stable ... @nickmmark #Pulmonary ... prognostication #diagnosis ... stratification #criticalcare
Severe Asthma Exacerbation
Signs of a Severe Asthma Exacerbation:
 • Vitals: ↑HR ↑RR ↓SpO2
 • High work
↓SpO2 • High work ... with increased work ... of baseline Treatments ... #Exacerbation #CriticalCare ... #pulmonary #ventilation
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
- Differential Diagnosis ... flow) - Massive pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Table ... #CriticalCare
Rhodococcus - Microbiology Overview

Microbiology:
 • Facultative, intracellular, nonmotile, non-spore-forming
 • Aerobic acid-fast gram-positive coccobacilli
 • Produces
- Microbiology Overview ... due to trauma Diagnosis ... Treatment: • ... #Microbiology #diagnosis ... #treatment #pulmonary
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... and Survey 4) Workup ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... Management #Summary #criticalcare ... #treatment #workup