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Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
and Management ... ↑ hand + feet size ... ↑ glove & shoe size ... MRI+contrast Management ... #Management #Endocrinology
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
emergency airway management ... Hypoxemia, Extremes of size ... #Diagnosis #EM #
ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Fundamentals
Definitions:
 • ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) provides prolonged pulmonary and/or circulatory support
to the Venous side ... to the Arterial side ... lower flow/smaller sized ... #Oxygenation #diagnosis ... #management
Gustilo-Anderson Classification for Open Fractures

Antibiotic regimen for open fractures is determined by the severity of the
- Wound size ... Open #Fractures #Diagnosis ... #Management #Orthopedics
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Right ventricular size ... for definitive diagnosis ... Diagnostic criteria ... #Hypertension #diagnosis ... #management #hepatology
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
guided by nodule size ... yield of available diagnostic ... Management options ... according to the size ... 70% to 90% for a diagnosis
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
- Evaluate the size ... left atria, the size ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Symptom | Diagnosis ... mass, Left atrial size ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #gastroenterology
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
• Check cuff size ... alfentanil can be diagnostic ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Usually the size ... The ID and OD sizes ... Surgical management ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... #differential #management