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Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Non-Invasive Positive ... mortality), Other causes ... CPAP - Continuous positive ... #NonInvasive #Positive ... #diagnosis #management
APRV - Overview 

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) uses prolonged periods of high continuous positive airway
Overview Airway pressure ... ventilation (APRV) uses ... high continuous positive ... airway pressures ... #Ventilation #Management
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... Airway • Check position ... levelling patient position ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound ... Elevated Intracranial Pressure ... Pocus101 #Ocular #Ultrasound ... #differential #diagnosis ... #radiology #ophthalmology
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... significantly positive ... Pathophysiology #causes
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Airway • Check position ... intrathoracic pressure ... recheck blood pressure ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Warm Antibody Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia 
1) DIAGNOSE AIHA
 • Anemia: macrocytic > normocytic, ↑ reticulocytes
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Hemolytic Anemia 1) DIAGNOSE ... autoantibodies: positive ... → schizocytes, Positive ... 2) LOOK FOR a cause ... #management #treatment
Differential diagnoses for the neuro-ophthalmologic finding of diplopia.
Neoplastic: 
 • Intraorbital meningioma 
 • Pituitary adenoma
Differential diagnoses ... for the neuro-ophthalmologic ... Increased intracranial pressure ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Ophthalmology
Normal hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound tracing
1) a large antegrade waveform (negative velocity) noted during early and
hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound ... caused by the increase ... retrograde wave (positive ... This wave is caused ... #tracing #diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... Plan definitive management ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup