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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
POCUS Stewardship ... Likelihood Ratio Step 1: ... & Specificity Assess ... assign a final post-test ... #ultrasound #management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
thoracotomy is a better treatment ... Child: 20 ml.kg-1) ... Plan definitive management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment ... Status Epilepticus 1. ... IV access 4. ... #Algorithm #Management ... #Neurology #Pharmacology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Epidemiology: • #1 ... infection up to 10w post-ABx ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... continue Tx for 7d post-Abx ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Checklist Evaluation ... on context Rx 1 ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... Revascularization, treatment
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Diagnosis and Management ... SOFA and SIRS 1) ... Establish IV/IO Access ... Setup - Ultrasound ... #criticalcare #treatment
Large abscess confirmed with POCUS, making I&D safer. Beside to scan beyond the border to make
with POCUS, making ... Post I&D, same area ... fail outpatient treatment ... ssti #clinical #ultrasound ... #pocus
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Diagnosis and Management ... periodic paralysis, post-hypothermia ... Workup: • Assess ... • Labs: BMP (Assess ... 5-10U reg IV + 1-
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... & Dry) is the treatment ... differential #algorithm #management ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
however, this post ... will focus on the ... #criticalcare #management ... #diagnosis #treatment ... #pharmacology #