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Small Bowel Bleeding - Scoping Summary
 • General Principles of Management
 • Optimal Timing for Capsule
Small Bowel Bleeding ... Endoscopy • Bowel Prep ... #SmallBowel #Bleeding ... diagnosis #management #algorithm
POCUS Algorithm for Chest Pain

Integrating POCUS in crashing chest pain is complex. Know the views that
POCUS Algorithm ... Integrating POCUS ... narrowing the differential ... identify sick pts needing ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preop creatinine ... Preop creatinine ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... - what is the bleeding ... select patients #Preop
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
PRE-SHOCK - Compensated ... bradyarrhythmias • Mechanical ... hypertension • Mechanical ... gastrointestinal bleeding ... #criticalcare #differential
Perioperative Medications - Which Medications to Hold or Continue?
Aspirin - Continue
 • Aspirin should be continued
has a very high bleeding ... thromboembolic risk and bleeding ... surgeries are high bleeding ... thromboembolic risk (mechanical ... Hold #Continue #preop
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... • Pre-existing ... African ancestry, pre-eclampsia ... Period • Breast-feeding ... Consider early mechanical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
causing hypovolemia needing ... and perhaps even mechanical ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management