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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... Bronchospasm: Solu-Medrol ... 1M Epi, ± Solu-Medrol ... PPI Oxygen Therapy ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Workup
Hypercalcemia Evaluation
1) Clinical clues
 - Is the patient symptomatic?
 - Family history?
 - Have you done
Evaluation 1) Clinical ... 2) PTH - Frankly ... Hypercalcemia #workup ... elevated #evaluation #workup
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
pregnancy to 5 months postpartum ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... up to 8 weeks postpartum ... deteriorating on medical ... Karan Desai MD, MPH
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... figure out the Pt's PMH ... NOTES: The last clinic ... the Pt's current clinical ... history Initial Work-up
Protocol for Donning PPE

Put on special work clothes and work shoes • Wash hands~ Put on
Protocol for Donning PPE ... Put on special work ... clothes and work ... surgical cal)~ Put on medical ... University #PPE
A Pediculus humanus (louse) nymph. 
Specimen was alive and in the video you can actually see
see the blood meal ... being worked through ... humanus #lice #clinical
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
to 1:1 F:M • Clinical ... terbinafine, thiazidic, PPI ... • Immunologic Workup ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... • Immunologic Workup
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
runner presents to clinic ... Kussmaul's sign, marked pedal ... echocardiogram to workup ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus #clinical
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
individual studies Clinical ... diseases, describe clinical ... distribution: mean = median ... Positive skew (mean > median ... negative skew (mean < median
Blood Culture-Negative Infective Endocarditis (BCNIE)
Definition: No etiology found after 3 separate blood cultures remain negative for
requires special media ... microbiological techniques Work-up ... antimicrobials, clinical ... #differential #workup