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Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... if the pt has pre-existing ... heart failure, ... esp in work-up/management ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
MI, Acute Heart Failure ... Pericardial tamponade, Pulmonary ... Milrinone • Pure ... inopressors #diagnosis #management ... #comparison #table
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... until patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Renal Syndromes (PRS ... ) are life-threatening ... (DAH) & renal failure ... mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... differential #diagnosis #management
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's work ... pneumonia vs. heart failure ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection ... #Algorithm #PulmCrit
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
PRE-SHOCK - Compensated ... multisystem organ failure ... vascular → RV failure ... Types #diagnosis #management ... warm #wet #dry #table
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... Diagnosis and Workup ... suppression test → ⨁ if failure ... MRI+contrast Management ... Transsphenoidal surgical resection
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
• 6-7 cases per ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... glucocorticoids • Severe/ failure ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... levels (levels ↑ in pre-eclampsia ... African ancestry, pre-eclampsia ... sx: dyspnea on exertion ... Delivery • Stable
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
patients with a pre-existing ... especially in heart failure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup