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Complex Burns (which require referral to a specialist unit) 

#Burns #Complex #Severe #Signs #Diagnosis
Burns #Complex #Severe ... #Signs #Diagnosis
Bacteremia - Signs of Bacteremia, Risk by Infection Type
CAP 7% 
Cellulitis 2% 
Community- onset fever (req.
Bacteremia - Signs ... Community- onset fever ... Pyelonephritis 19-25% Severe ... #Bacteremia #Signs ... Risks #Infections #Diagnosis
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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Kussmaul's Sign ... What’s the diagnosis ... Severe biventeicular ... with + Kussmaul sign ... cardiomyopathy, severe
Bronchiolitis Management

When to admit: 
- Any history of apnoea 
- Persistant sats < 92% 
- Inadequate
(<50% normal) Signs ... of severe respiratory ... Bronchiolitis #Management #diagnosis
Algorithm for Diagnosis and Management of Ischemic Colitis
Severe if any of following:
 • >3 Risk Factors
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Ischemic Colitis Severe ... • Peritoneal signs ... Colitis #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis and Stages

Clinical Presentation
- Exertional dyspnea
- Chest pain
- Palpitations
- HF Symptoms (orthopnea, PND,
Aortic Stenosis - Diagnosis ... Physical Exam (For Severe ... Aortic #Stenosis #Diagnosis ... Stages #Management #Signs
Chagas Disease - Acute, Chronic and Reactivation 

Acute Chagas
 - 95% asymptomatic
 - Chagoma (Romana's sign),
Chagoma (Romana's sign ... ), nonspecific fever ... HIV, etc) - Severe ... Indeterminate - No signs ... #Reactivation #Diagnosis
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
Echocardiographic Signs ... Echocardiographic Signs ... valvular disease. severe ... myocarditis, or severe ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
not progress to severe ... rapidly develop severe ... -14 days): • Fever ... Biphasic #Phases #Diagnosis ... #Illness #Signs
Labyrinthitis 
Vestibular neuritis + unilateral hearing loss = Labyrinthitis 
1) Vertigo (severe) 
2) Gait instability 
3)
1) Vertigo (severe ... Labyrinthitis #Diagnosis ... #Symptoms #Signs