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Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
according to the results ... under-coagulation can result ... #management #algorithm ... #pharmacology #treatment ... decisionaid #cardiology #hematology
Treatment Algorithm for First Time Pulmonary Embolism
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke,
Treatment Algorithm ... for First Time Pulmonary ... #PE #Pulmonary # ... #Algorithm #management ... #hematology #VTE
Our approach to the diagnosis and initial management of patients with suspected HIT. Our approach is
diagnosis and initial management ... complemented by the results ... and to adjust treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #HIT
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... arthritis diagnosis Treatment ... parenteral Abx, Orthopedics ... patient admitted for treatment ... until cultures results
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
hepatitis • Pulmonary ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Patient risk stratification algorithm for the treatment of cancer-associated thrombosis.

Currently, edoxaban and rivaroxaban are the only
algorithm for the treatment ... thrombosis; PE = pulmonary ... Anticoagulation #Management ... #Hematology #Oncology
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Orthopedic Emergencies ... Delay>12 hr. often results ... including DM • Treatment ... Hypovolemic Shock #Orthopedics ... #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary ... ) on room air Treatment ... transplantation: results ... #treatment #hepatology
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Triggers: ATRA treatment ... Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... Renal Failure Treatment ... APML #diagnosis #management ... #hematology #oncology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... symptoms • Rheumatologic ... Histoplasmosis Treatment ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management