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Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... malignant pleural effusion ... Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... Physicians are not great ... #MPE #Algorithm
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Overcrowded urban areas ... : conjunctival suffusion ... non-productive cough, nausea ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... diagnosis #treatment #management
Malignant Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram

Which of the following is the most common etiology for this
particularly lung, breast ... the most common cause ... the most common cause ... Echocardiogram #Cardiology ... #clinical #ultrasound
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
as a possible cause ... Give drugs to treat ... an appropriate critical ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
hypnosis as soon as clinical ... fluid by rapid infusion ... Consider other causes ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
. ❼ Use rapid infusion ... interventional radiology ... an appropriate clinical ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
symmetry, rate, breath ... rate, rhythm, perfusion ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup #Cardiology
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
anaesthetic (remember infusion ... inform immediate clinical ... Conventional therapies to treat ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... Adequate perfusion ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... support for patients clinically ... #cardiology #treatment