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Considerations for Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR vs Plasma-Lyte
 - Causes hyperkalemia?
 - Safe to
Crystalloids - 0.9% NS vs LR ... Plasma-Lyte - Causes ... - Causes lactic ... - Can cause a NAGMA ... indications #comparison #LR
Pronator Drift Testing for Stroke
Subtle extensor weakness - Sign of Upper motor neuron lesion
In detecting CT/MRI
Pronator Drift Testing ... Specificity 90% • LR ... + 9.2, LR- 0.09 ... Pronator #Drift #Testing
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
disorientation (LR ... • Cachexia (LR ... C or < 35.1°C (LR ... min or greater (LR ... + 2.8) Testing
POUND Mnemonic for Diagnosis of Migraine Headache
P Is the headache Pulsatile in quality?
O Is the duration
there associated Nausea ... ≥ 4 features LR ... 3 features LR ... 3.5 ≤2 features LR ... Pound #Mnemonic #LR
The value of point-of-care ultrasound for detecting nail bed injury in [the] ED

American Journal of Emergency
sens (CI 80-99), -LR ... (CI 74-100), +LR ... (CI 79-100), -LR ... (CI 91-100), +LR ... #Specificity #Testing
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... for decreased PLT ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... for decreased PLT ... #Workup #hematology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
findings: Fluid wave (LR ... peripheral edema (LR ... absence of edema (LR ... shifting dullness (LR ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
physical activity - Nausea ... /vomiting (+LR 0.92 ... Diaphoresis (+LR ... neck or jaw (+LR ... to both arms (+LR
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
are caused by prerenal ... fluids (NS or LR ... CONSIDER INTRINSIC CAUSES ... for WBCs, RBCs, casts ... KidneyInjury #simplified #workup
Lung POCUS for Diagnosis of CHF - Visual Abstract
What is the accuracy of combined Lung Ultrasound
a traditional work ... Specificity - 95.5 - LR ... + 20.9 - LR- 0.07 ... Specificity - 89.4 - LR ... + 8.0 - LR- 0.17