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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Base Disorders - Evaluation ... Do you need an ABG ... approximates an ABG ... and ~5 mmHg to pCO2 ... Base #Disorders #Evaluation
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... including Ca/Mg/Phos ... differential - ABG ... /VBG only if hypercapneic ... Checklist #Delirium #Evaluation
Algorithm for Suspected Extremity Arterial Injury

#Diagnosis #ArterialInjury #ABI #AnkleBrachialIndex #Algorithm #Evaluation #Signs #RebelEM
Algorithm for Suspected ... ArterialInjury #ABI ... AnkleBrachialIndex #Algorithm ... #Evaluation #Signs
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
normalize the ABG ... -Serial evaluation ... than monitoring ABG ... failure), not the ABG ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
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ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
Trial - Management Algorithm ... patients with Stable ... revascularization (PCI vs CABG ... syndrome (ACS) evaluation ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
broad spectrum abx ... the left is Gram pos ... covers ONLY Gram pos ... here’s the Gram pos ... management #spectrum #table
What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
initial treatment algorithms ... Sudden onset • Abd ... onset • Moderate abd ... differences #diagnosis #table
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... macule and papule (Table ... require emergent evaluation ... Maculopapular #Rash #Algorithm
Interpretation of Ankle-Brachial Index Results #Diabetes #Peripheral #Arterial #Disease #Diagnosis #ArterialInjury #ABI #AnkleBrachialIndex #Table #Evaluation
ArterialInjury #ABI ... AnkleBrachialIndex #Table ... #Evaluation
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk Evaluation ... metabolic equivalent able ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Stable patients ... perioperative #Risk #Evaluation