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Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... #Specificity #PositivePredictiveValue ... NegativePredictiveValue #Calculation
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Diagnosis and Workup ... life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... rupture Initial workup ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
actions (Box D). ❹ Circulation ... • If circulation ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... • Hyperdynamic circulation ... - Chronic pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
management Causes ... #Differential #workup ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
pressure as a cause ... . ❹ Circulation ... potential surgical causes ... team. ❼ Consider causes ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... Pathophysiology #causes
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
evaluating potential causes ... APL valve. ❺ Circulation ... of spontaneous circulation ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... Although pulmonary ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Goodpasture's cause ... hematuria, RBC casts
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
has potential to cause ... • Workup • General ... Management #treatment #workup ... #pulmonary #criticalcare