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Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
Rapid Response Team ... Orders placed, treatments ... Rapid #Response #Team ... #RRT #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Perilunate Dislocation
On lateral wrist XR, the capitate ("apple") should sit in the lunate ("tea cup") which
in the lunate ("tea ... onto outstretched hand ... Wrist #Carpal #Radiology ... #Orthopedics #Sports ... #MSK
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
) - MSK Radiology ... specificity of tear ... • Treatment for ... Differential diagnosis ... #diagnosis #msk
The rationale for aggressive treatment of generalized status epilepticus was described previously here.  In short,
for aggressive treatment ... In short, best outcomes ... #Management #Neurology ... #CriticalCare # ... Refractory #Seizures #Algorithm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
to be in ADHF starts ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... In both SK and AK ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... with Cardio-OB team ... multi-disciplinary team ... with Cardio-OB team ... #cardiology #treatment
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
in the US each year ... a five to ten-year ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management ... #neurology #differential
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
Cardiology cannot ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare # ... foamed #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... echo in the last year ... one post op Cardiology ... surgical management