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Approach to Hemorrhagic Shock
PLAN FOR CONTROLLING HEMORRHAGE & ACTIVATE MASSIVE TRANSFUSION PROTOCOL
 • Activate massive transfusion
resuscitation anyway ... faster USE BLOOD ... ratio, e.g. 1 RBC ... Hemorrhagic #Shock #Management ... #Summary #CriticalCare
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
respiratory tract (e.g ... by asphyxia or blood ... • Airway Management ... Argon Plasma by Nick ... #Management #treatment
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
telemetry, 12-Lead EKG ... - Distended neck ... crackles, elevated JVP ... #Management #Summary ... #criticalcare #treatment
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Blood Product Transfusions ... One Pager Summary ... in recipient (e.g ... Blood products contain ... #diagnosis #management
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Emergencies - OnePager Summary ... tube against the neck ... above, Insert finger ... Surgical management ... #Emergencies #diagnosis
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Testing - OnePager Summary ... Averages blood flow ... predicts FR by Nick ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... comparison #challenges #management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager Summary ... recent DAN) • EMG ... reveals increasing blood ... crescentic GN by Nick ... #management #treatment
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
Pseudogout Summary ... Pyrophosphate produced ... Acute Pseudogout: Treatment ... present with acute neck ... #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
pulmonary symptoms • Rheumatologic ... • Major blood ... dissemination occurs and produces ... have positive blood ... #Management #Infections