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Pediatric Skull Fracture with Associated Hematoma on POCUS

Working with the challenges of risk stratification, management of
Associated Hematoma on POCUS ... setting, where skull pocus ... Tough decisions: dc ... vs admit, transfer ... Making PECARN work
Leishmaniasis Life Cycle
1) Sandfly takes a blood meal (injects promastigote stage into the skin)
Human Stages:
2) Promastigotes
Promastigotes transform ... 7) Amastigotes transform ... Leishmaniasis #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
African Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma brucei gambiense & Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense Life Cycle
1) Tsetse fly takes a
trypomastigotes transform ... trypomastigotes transform ... They transform into ... #Trypanosoma #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Trypanosomiasis - Trypanosoma cruzi Life Cycle
1) Triatomine bug takes a blood meal (passes metacyclic trypomastigotes in
Inside cells they transform ... Intracellular amastigotes transform ... infected tissues and transform ... TrypanosomaCruzi #Tcruzi #LifeCycle ... infectiousdiseases #cdc
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... STAT Labs (BMP, CBC ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Workup
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... Floor transfer? ... history Initial Work-up ... most ICU pts a CBC ... Checklist #diagnosis #workup
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Lymphocytosis on CBC ... surface molecules: CD5 ... Richter’s Syndrome: Transform ... Leukemia #diagnosis #workup