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Patient Controlled Analgesia Titration
How to Titrate:
 • Opioid Naive: No basal rate
 • Chronic Opioid Use:
@KBrag_MD #PCA ... #PatientControlled
Effects of Strokes by Location - Anterior vs Posterior Localization

Anterior Circulation 
 - MCA 
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Circulation - MCA ... - ACA - Lenticulostriate ... - ASA - PICA ... - AICA - PCA
RCA
LCA
CXA
LAD
Diagonal arteries
Marginal artery
PDA
Coronary Circulation (Normal type)
I CA
СХА
LAD
RCA
PDA
Left coronary artery
Circumflex artery (branch of LCA)
Left anterior descending (branch
RCA LCA CXA LAD ... Marginal artery PDA ... Normal type) I CA ... СХА LAD RCA ... ) #RCA #LCA #
Stroke Territory Localization and Blood Vessel Supply
ACA (Anterior Cerebral Artery)
 - Leg weakness/numbness
MCA Superior Divison
 -
Vessel Supply ACA ... weakness/numbness MCA ... arm weak/numb MCA ... - No weakness MCA ... Global Aphasia ICA
Clinical Features and Vascular Territories of Stroke
Anterior circulation—anterior cerebral artery (ACA) - Contralateral leg weakness
Anterior circulation—middle
cerebral artery (ACA ... cerebral artery (MCA ... aphasia (left MCA ... apraxia (right MCA ... cerebral artery (PCA
Evaluation of Secondary Hypertension
 • Primary aldosteronism - PRA, PAC
 • Renal artery stenosis - Renal
aldosteronism - PRA ... , PAC • Renal artery ... excess syndromes - PRA ... , PAC #Secondary
Mydriasis and Miosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Causes of Mydriasis:
Dilated pupils (mydriasis) more than 7mm
 • Unilateral
Ill paralysis (PCA ... MDMA (Ecstacy), TCA ... Psilocybin mushrooms, PCP

Posterior cerebral artery (PCA) strokes can be challenging to diagnose, due to the variability in symptoms,
cerebral artery (PCA ... The incidence of PCA ... Patients with a PCA
Tumor markers in clinical practice
Colorectal - CEA
Hepatocellular - AFP
Pancreatic - CA 19-9
Ovarian - CA 125
Breast -
Pancreatic - CA ... 19-9 Ovarian - CA ... 125 Breast - CA ... -3 Prostate - PSA
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Primary bronchogenic CA ... Endobronchial metastatic CA ... Paragonimus westermani, PNA