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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
+ Bleeding Treatment ... Treat primary cause ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... #causes #treatment ... #management #hematology
Streptocccus Pneumoniae
Microbiology: Gram Positive, Alpha-hemolytic, Catalase Negative
Epidemiology - 10% adult carriers:
 • Most common cause of:
• Most common cause ... media • Important cause ... Specificity of 97%) Treatment ... bacteremia) Duration: PNA ... #diagnosis #management
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis ... has potential to cause ... Saline (50 Cc Ns ... #Management #treatment ... workup #pulmonary #criticalcare
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
constitutional symptoms • Treatment ... Discontinuation of causal ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Usual therapeutic management ... #diagnosis #management
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
regarding the diagnosis ... and treatment of ... including liver and hematologic ... hemochromatosis #algorithm #diagnosis ... #management #hepatology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis ... of SLE versus DIL ... Positive in 60-80% of cases ... life-threatening • Treatment ... #rheumatology
CNS Manifestations of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

Clinical Manifestations: Demyelinating Syndrome, Headache, Movement disorders, Seizure disorders, Aseptic
autoantibodies that will cause ... permeability Diagnosis ... #neurology #rheumatology ... #cerebritis #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
JVD, Orthopnea/PND ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #table #foamed ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
other, more common causes ... ❹ Call for MH treatment ... therapy later DIC ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment