5 results
Negative contrast effect = a washout of the contrast (agitated saline) in the right atrium in
effect = a washout ... Stankovic, MD, PhD ... #effect #washout ... #defect #a4c #Echocardiogram ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... , 88% spec • Contrast-enhanced ... cycles after right atrial ... blood gas (ABC) ... on radioactive lung
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
 •
and Management ... • Pneumonic: Direct ... organism into the lungs ... febrile illness without ... Culture & GS, PCR
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... shoe size, ↑ heel-pad ... decade → peripheral/acral ... Pituitary MRI+contrast ... • 1st line - Transsphenoidal
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
unless prior heart/lung ... CARP, DECREASE V trials ... medical and surgical management ... for select patients ... stratification #diagnosis