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Pneumoperitoneum on POCUS

Elderly M with hypotension, abdominal pain and respiratory distress! Let's scan the abdomen first!!!
with hypotension, abdominal ... and respiratory distress ... Pneumoperitoneum #FreeAir #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #FreeFluid
Stress Dose Steroids - Medical and Surgery Indications
Minor Stress:
 • Inguinal hernia repair
 • Mid febrile
Stress Dose Steroids ... Indications Minor Stress ... • Mid-moderate nausea ... Critically ill Stress ... Indications #Dosing #management
CPAP Troubleshooting Tips
1. Wrong size/style mask → try a different mask, nasal pillows
2. Trouble getting used
it → wear for short ... first, then try straps ... irritation, pressure sores ... → adjust straps ... Troubleshooting #Tips #management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia Caused ... or iatrogenic causes ... Plan definitive management ... of underlying cause ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
Cardiac Stress Testing ... production to cause ... COREIMpodcast #Cardiac #Stress ... Testing #cardiology #management
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... Testing Common causes ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Risk factors: Previous acute enteric infection, Female
Diagnosis and Management ... inflammation, Abdominal ... less common: Life stress ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #Management
Types of Urinary Incontinence
 - Stress Incontinence - The urethral sphincter is weakened so that transient
Incontinence - Stress ... increases in intra abdominal ... Classification #Causes
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
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Diagnosis and Management ... Symptoms: • Abdominal ... pain • Nausea ... Ketoacidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Pathyophysiology - hyperglycemic crises in patients with diabetes 
Key signs/symptoms of HHS/DKA:
Both: Polyuria, polydipsia, weight loss,
hyperglycemic crises ... hypotension) DKA: Short ... , N/V, diffuse abdominal