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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Indication → Pre-test ... Step 2: Pre-test ... Develop a pre-test ... assign a final post-test ... #ultrasound #management
Psittacosis 
Pathogen: Chlamydia psittaci - obligate intracellular gram negative
Transmission:
 • Birds are the primary reservoir
 •
Microimmunofluorescent antibody test ... • PCR • Culture ... danger of aerosol) Treatment ... first line of treatment ... microbiology #diagnosis #management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Miller Fischer and PCB ... Bedside: ice pack test ... /Edrophonium test ... - Symptomatic Treatment ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
short course of treatment ... -HSV-PCR is generally ... provide empiric treatment ... awaiting an HSV PCR ... is proposed: #Management
Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal Pelvic Ultrasound

A 31yo female s/p tubal ligation presents with right lower
Transvaginal Pelvic Ultrasound ... What is the best ... will not change management ... Transvaginal #Pelvic #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical
Helicobacter Pylori (H. pylori) Infection - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook
Presentation: Dyspepsia / Peptic Ulcer
Diagnosis and Management ... past infection Management ... flagyl 500mg TID if PCN-allergy ... Ag, Urea Breath Test ... #Treatment #quadruple
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
staining, NAA (PCR ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... Initiating Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... smear negative, PCR ... Confirmatory Tests ... and immunoblot (TESA ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... are mixed GH & PRL ... glucose suppression test ... MRI+contrast Management ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... Antibiotics (Bactrim, PCN ... Cortisol+ACTH stim test ... clear cause) Management ... #Treatment #potassium