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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... - Risk Stratification ... #Embolism #Risk ... prognostication #diagnosis #management ... stratification #criticalcare
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
Systemic Thrombolysis
 - Exclude contraindications.
 - Indications:
   - Massive PE (definite indication)
Pulmonary Embolism ... submassive PE (risk ... @nickmmark #Pulmonary ... Treatment #AcutePE #Management ... #CriticalCare
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Non-spore-forming Risk ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
Diagnosis and Management ... to arm/jaw, CAD risk ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... COPD, asthma, CF, PCP ... ChestPain #Diagnosis #Management
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Non-spore-forming Risk ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management ... infectiousdiseases #treatment #microbiology
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
kirschneri, noguchii) Risk ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... Leptospirosis #Leptospira #microbiology ... diagnosis #treatment #management
In July 2015 the ACC/AHA proposed and published an algorithm to help stratify cardiac arrest patients
angiography and possible PCI ... NSTEMI #Activation #Risk ... Stratfication #Management ... #Cardiology #CriticalCare
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Stress ulcerations are common in ICU patients and may lead to hemorrhage if not
Pathophysiology • Risk ... Presentation • Management ... #Prophylaxis #criticalcare ... #pharmacology # ... management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... medical and surgical management
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
carbon loving' Risk ... Asplenia (greatest risk ... specificity of PCR ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... infectiousdiseases #diagnosis #management