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Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
Polyethylene glycol - Nausea ... enema - Discomfort during ... #constipation #pharmacology ... #table #agents ... #internship #comparison
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Femoris Tightness Patient ... buttock, if the hip raises ... the back or leg during ... location of the symptoms ... #physicalexam #msk
Ely's Test for Rectus Femoris Tightness

Patient lies prone on the table. The examiner flexes the leg
Femoris Tightness Patient ... buttock, if the hip raises ... the back or leg during ... location of the symptoms ... #physicalexam #msk
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... tamponade recurs ... transfer of the patient ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Rapid, increasing signs of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) is an important key feature of NMS. EPS, associated
extrapyramidal symptoms ... about 95% of NMS cases ... #Diagnosis #Serotonin ... NeurolepticMalignant #Comparison ... #Table
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
Similar symptoms ... Fever recurs over ... Assc symptoms include ... The table below ... why do fevers recur
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
in Anaesthesia Causes ... decreased ETCO2 Symptoms ... • Monitor the fetus ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... • Consider moving ... is stable and wound ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Symptoms are ... ❶ Reassure the patient ... mimic signs and symptoms ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
oxygen and face mask ... particularly if likely to recur ... Consider other causes ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management