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“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... components of the algorithm ... CRP < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
is caused by a tear ... Assess for high risk ... deficit • Shock Treatment ... Aortic #Dissection #diagnosis ... #management #vascular
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... with Cardio-OB team ... teratogenic GDMT meds ... with Cardio-OB team ... #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... echo in the last year ... Cataract Plan for Meds ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... Risk factors 3. ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment ... #management #neurology
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Muscular or neurologic ... malignancy Risk ... disorder → EGD Treatment ... #Management #gastroenterology
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
to identify low-risk ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... 92.0% and 46.9% #Diagnosis ... #EBM #Management ... #Pediatrics #Peds
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... diabetic as you risk ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Ulcerative Proctitis
Proctitis:
 • Affects 1/3 patients
 • Predictors of extension:
     - Disease
- 1 flare/year ... disease ~= Increased risk ... prolapse, CD, cancer Treatment ... Proctitis #IBD #diagnosis ... #management #algorithm
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
WBCs are usually near-normal ... • Treatment algorithms ... appropriate only for low risk ... patients with no CV risk ... #management #hematology