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Chart of Inhalers for Asthma and COPD
 - SABA - Short Acting Beta-2 Agonists
 - SAMA
Asthma and COPD - SABA ... -2 Agonists - SAMA ... Antagonists - SAMA ... + SABA Combination ... -2 Agonists - LAMA
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
long-acting β2-agonist; LAMA ... muscarinic antagonist; SABA ... short-acting β2-agonist; SAMA ... Pulmonary #LABA #LAMA ... #SABA #SAMA #ICS
Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
should also receive SABA ... LABA, tiotropium (LAMA ... Respimat is the only LAMA ... this is NOT the same ... device is the same
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT) on EKG
 • Heart rate > 100 bpm (usually 100-150 bpm)
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morphologies in the same ... lead By Usama
Statin Induced Muscle Toxicity - Summary

Clinical Presentation:
 • Elevations of serum creatine kinase with proximal myalgia
Muscle Symptoms (SAMS ... 20,000 IU/I • SAMS ... clinical index (SAMS-CI ... muscle symptoms (SAMS ... rituximab #SAMS
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
LVOTO due to SAM ... Dynamic LVOTO due to SAM ... Motion #LVOTO #SAM
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
Anterior Motion (SAM ... anterior motion (SAM ... Anterior #Motion #SAM
Cephalosporin Comparison - Coverage 
1st Generation Cefazolin, Cephalexin 
2nd Generation Cefaclor, Cefotetan, Cefoxitin, Cefuroxime 
3rd Generation
are not all the same ... not follow the same ... compared to the same
Differentiating Features Between Central and Peripheral Cyanosis

Mechanism - Arterial destauration
Sites - Skin, mucous membrane of oral
warming - Cyanosis same ... Exercise - Cyanosis same
S1Q3T3 on ECG - Pulmonary Embolism Until Proven Otherwise

- Sam Ghali, M.D.
@EM_RESUS

#S1Q3T3 #ECG #EKG #Electrocardiogram #Cardiology
Otherwise - Sam