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Halo Sign in Basal Skull Fracture

Halo of lighter liquid around blood spot on the cloth indicates
Halo Sign in Basal ... cerebral spinal fluid ... JamesPowellMD #Halo #Sign ... Basilar #Trauma #Clinical
Fluid Resuscitation in Adult Septic Shock - Surviving Sepsis Guidelines 2016 

#Management #IVFluid #Resuscitation #SurvivingSepsis #Guidelines
Fluid Resuscitation ... #Management #IVFluid
Diuresis in Critical Care - Achieving a Negative Fluid Balance
Advantages Of A Negative Fluid Balance:
 •
Achieving a Negative Fluid ... Of A Negative Fluid ... Achieving a negative fluid ... liter of positive fluid ... Diuresis #Negative #Fluid
Nikolsky’s Sign - Febrile & Positive Nikolsky’s Sign: Patients in this group have the potential to
Nikolsky’s Sign ... Positive Nikolsky’s Sign ... which lead to fluid ... #Clinical #EM #IM ... Derm #Nikolsky #Sign
Hyponatremia Treatment Algorithm

CHF, Cirrhosis - Fluid restriction
SIADH - Fluid restriction
 - Consider salt tablets if etiology
CHF, Cirrhosis - Fluid ... restriction SIADH - Fluid ... depletion - IV Fluids ... polydipsia - Normalize fluid
Prescribing Maintenance IV Fluids
Assess
 • Can the patient meet their fluid needs orally or enterally? If
patient meet their fluid ... If so no IV fluid ... • Consider fluid ... , Examination, Fluid ... daily - Stop IV fluid
Abdominojugular (Hepatojugular) Reflux

Described by Pasteur in 1885 as a physical sign of TR. Still useful for
as a physical sign ... reflux=No more fluid ... #PhysicalExam #Clinical
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
conniventes (“keyboard sign ... peristalsis • +free fluid ... (tanga sign, star ... Jejunum #SBO #POCUS #clinical
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
relevant findings: Fluid ... dullness (LR 2.1) - fluid ... Labs + Ascitic Fluid ... cloudy or bloody fluid ... chylous: milky fluid
IV Fluid Composition and Effects on Plasma
0.9% Saline
Ringer's Lactate
Balanced Crystalloid

#IVFluid #Composition #Plasma #comparison #Effects #nephrology #pharmacology
IV Fluid Composition ... Crystalloid #IVFluid