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Acute Altered Mental Status - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask while en route: vitals, hyper/hypoactive, POC glucose,
Acute Altered Mental ... 1) Ask while ... and stabilize: AMS ... is just a symptom ... encephalopathy #differential
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
• Seizures • Altered ... Neurological symptoms ... edema visualized as ... Reversible course Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... mediators such as ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... anterior/posterior MSK
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Imaging: CXR- pulmonary ... Diagnosis: >3 symptoms ... initiation • Differential ... coagulopathy, RRT/IMV as ... APML #diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Proposed Mechanism: Altered ... Management during ... defibrillator as
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Failure (ADHF) as ... extremities, fatigue, altered ... with presence of pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
10-33% develop MS ... swollen, while in MS ... Predictive of MS ... Multiple sclerosis (MS ... #neurology #differential
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... events or death (CARP ... medical and surgical management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... such as double ... Leishmaniasis Differential ... Inflammatory #Syndrome #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management