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Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
RN to place patient ... colleague to perform ... Orders placed, treatments ... provided, tasks to ... RRT #Management #treatment
Hand Arthritides - Differential Diagnosis by Location and Features

The Painful Hand!  Wish I would’ve thought
making this prior to ... my first MSK rotation ... Diagnosis #Location #MSK
Bottle Top Keyring Compression for Bleeding AV Fistula/Graft
Recognize!
 • Is your fistula bleeding?
 • Are you
Bottle Top Keyring ... stop the bleed? ... Locate your bottle top ... fistula/graft Photo ... compression #clinical #photo
Clarke's Test (Patellar Grind Test)

Indicates Patellofemoral dysfunction.
 - Patient with knee in extension. Push posterior on
of patella then ask ... patient to perform ... Patellofemoral #msk
Syphilitic gummas in Tertiary syphilis
Tertiary syphilitic gummas may mimic basal cell carcinoma. The gummatous tumors are
Without treatment ... and it may begin to ... syphilis #clinical #photo
How to Use Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Identify Shoulder Dislocation #Clinical #Diagnosis #POCUS #MSK #POCUS #Shoulder #Dislocation
How to Use Point-of-Care ... Ultrasound to Identify ... Diagnosis #POCUS #MSK
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
Microangiopathy - TTP ... points : Often hard to ... distinction has HUGE treatment ... implications : TTP ... and first-line treatment
Initial treatment of renal bone disease and cinacalcet for secondary hyperparathyroidism
Phosphate binders reduce hyperphosphataemia and hyperparathyroidism.
Initial treatment ... of cinacalcet to ... the first-line treatments
Treatment of Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP)
Diagnosis of TTP:
 • Rare and severe, ADAMTS13 deficiency
 • Autoimmune
Treatment of Thrombotic ... Diagnosis of TTP ... • Distinguish TTP ... HUS) Treatment ... Purpura #management #treatment
Algorithm for the Treatment of Uremic Pruritus
Nonpharmacologic Treatments:
 • Daily topical emollient
 • Avoidance of extremes
Algorithm for the Treatment ... Nonpharmacologic Treatments ... Pharmacologic Treatments ... by 100 mg, up to ... Increase by 25 mg up to