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Jugular Venous Pressure Measurement
Examiner places the patient in a reclined position and puts the base of
Positive: JVP > 3cm ... sustained JVP > 4cm ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Penicillins - Table of Coverage by Generation

Natural PCN  (1st generation): Benzathine PCN, PCN G 

Aminopenicillins
Generation Natural PCN ... generation): Benzathine PCN ... , PCN G Aminopenicillins ... Antibiotics #Table #PCN ... #Management
Pneumothorax and Chest Tube Management Algorithm
Estimate pneumothorax size
  > 3cm = Large
  < 3cm
and Chest Tube Management ... pneumothorax size > 3cm ... = Large < 3cm ... Pneumothorax #ChestTube #Management
Sepsis Treatment Overview #Management #EM #IM #PCC #Sepsis #Overview #BMJ
Treatment Overview #Management ... #EM #IM #PCC #Sepsis
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor (GIST)
Most prevalent intramural gastric tumor
Arises from interstitial cells Of (EUS layer 4)
Has higher
of 5's: > 5 cm ... ligation • If > 2cm ... unresectable or > 5 cm ... Stromal #Tumor #diagnosis ... gastroenterology #management
Pleural Effusion - Workup, Diagnostic Algorithm #Diagnosis #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural #Effusion #Transudative #Exudative #Differential #Algorithm
Effusion - Workup, Diagnostic ... Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #EM #IM #PCC #Pleural
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Management Algorithm
 • STEMI
 • NSTEMI (Troponin Positive) / Unstable Angina (UA,
Coronary Syndrome - Management ... Troponin Negative) Management ... : • PCI • Fibrinolysis ... Syndrome #ACS #Management
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
- Wound < 1cm ... - Wound 1-10 cm ... - Wound > 10 cm ... Open #Fractures #Diagnosis
Cardiac Auscultation Maneuvers for Murmurs
Maneuvers result in INCREASED murmur:
 • Inspiration - Right-sided
 • Valsalva -
• Valsalva - HCM ... Squat to stand - HCM ... Leg elevation - HCM ... • Handgrip - HCM ... #physicalexam #diagnosis
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... diarrhea (75%) Diagnostic ... whipplei test (PAS, PCR ... #algorithm #management