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Bleeding risk calculators - HAS-BLED (atrial fibrillation) and IMPROVE (VTE prophylaxis for inpatients)
Important notes:
 • No
Bleeding risk calculators ... • No bleeding risk ... validated for VTE treatment ... high bleeding risk ... • No RCTs exist
Sepsis Treatment Overview #Management #EM #IM #PCC #Sepsis #Overview #BMJ
Sepsis Treatment ... Overview #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Sepsis
#Diagnosis #EM #IM #PERC #Low #Risk #Pulmonary #Embolism #PulmonaryEmbolism #Algorithm #RebelEM
#Diagnosis #EM # ... IM #PERC #Low #Risk
Rewarming Methods in Hypothermia
 • Passive rewarming - Requires adequate patient physiologic mechanisms. Inadequate for more
Low benefit, low risk ... Gastric lavage - Risks ... Thoracic lavage - Risks ... Hypothermia #management #treatment ... #ebm
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
Meta-analyses of RCTs ... compared the study treatment ... with ‘treatment ... 5.2 and 5.4 #EBM
ADD-RS Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score Criteria https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29030346 #Diagnosis #EBM #EM #IM #ADDRS #AorticDissection #Score #Criteria
Dissection Detection Risk ... 29030346 #Diagnosis #EBM ... #EM #IM #ADDRS
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) - Summary
Overview: 
 • Most common leukemia in adults
 • Disorder of
transformation) Treatment ... Waiting" →several RCTs ... chemotherapy for low-risk ... Indications for Treatment ... AIHA, PRCA) • Treatment
Original and Simplified PESI Prediction Rule Test Characteristics for 30-Day Mortality
#EBM #Diagnosis	#EM #IM #PCC	#PESI #sPESI #risk
Day Mortality #EBM ... #Diagnosis #EM ... #IM #PCC #PESI # ... sPESI #risk #score
Hepatorenal Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Who gets HRS?
 • Decompensated cirrhosis
 • Typically with existing
present, higher risk ... infection Mainstay of treatment ... Vasopressin agonist • Acts ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment
ED Treatment of 
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding 

Hemodynamically unstable 
Resuscitation 
 • ABCs! 
 • Fluids +
ED Treatment of ... packing - increased risk ... breast cancer IM