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Clinic, Home, and Ambulatory Blood Pressure Measurements - Strengths and Weaknesses
(via https://twitter.com/JACCJournals/status/1088104323354185730 )

Clinic Measurements:
• BP measured
Clinic, Home, and Ambulatory ... used to guide treatment ... re-training Ambulatory ... clinic visits: to set ... #Management #PrimaryCare
How to measure your blood pressure at home
1) PREPARE
 - Avoid caffeine, cigarettes and other stimulants
where you can sit ... - Sit quietly ... measurement #monitoring #ambulatory ... #diagnosis #patientinfo ... #primarycare #hypertension
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... criticalcare #algorithm #treatment ... #management
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
production • Treatment ... by hypothalamic set ... Serotonin syndrome • Treatment ... Hyperthermia #comparison #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
block, Aberrancy, VT ... Myocardial injury (ST ... Low voltage Treatment ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hypoxemia - Workup and Management ... Differential Diagnosis ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... lung sliding) Diagnostics ... #Management #treatment
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) - Summary

GERD: Diagnosis
• Heartburn (substernal burning sensation) and acid regurgitation
• Chest pain
Extraesophageal
Summary GERD: Diagnosis ... Incomplete/relief/treatment ... GERD - Testing Ambulatory ... Reflux #Disease #diagnosis ... #management #Gastroenterology
Vasospastic (Prinzmetal) Angina
Definition / Epidemiology:
 • Rest angina attributed to coronary artery vasospasm.
 • Patients often
associated with ST ... troponin elevation Diagnosis ... tests in cath lab Treatment ... Angina #cardiology #diagnosis ... #management
Invasive Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis and Management
Aspergillus is ubiquitous in nature. Most invasive infections are caused
Aspergillus (IA) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... allogeneic HSCT, SOT ... this morphology Treatment ... #Management #treatment
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory ... Things To Know Diagnosis ... diverticulitis) Treatment ... #peritonitis #Diagnosis ... #Management #InfectiousDiseases