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Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
to the i-STAR Algorithm ... difficult airway management ... ARDSnet low-PEEP table ... mild hypercapnia ... patients #iSTAR #Algorithm
CPPD vs Gout

== CPPD == 

Think About CPPD When:
 • Self-limited synovitis after surgery/trauma (> 65
trauma (> 65 years old ... disease states Pathophysiology ... Think of the "H's ... Monosodium urate ... • Metabolic syndrome
Orofacial Granulomatosis - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
Idiopathic OFG: isolated swelling of the lips, BX+ non-caseating granuloma
Melkersson-Rosenthal
Granulomatosis - Diagnosis and ... Management Algorithm ... Melkersson-Rosenthal syndrome ... : lip edema + fissured ... Moderate-Severe OFG, MRS
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Summary Acute AIDP ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... • Weakness: mild ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #neurology
Penicillin Allergy Pathway for Antibiotic Prescription in Patients With Penicillin Allergy
Mild Reaction - Itching, Minor rash
Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... cephalosporin, please ... involve the Allergy and ... #Prescription #algorithm ... #management
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
It has a fatal outcome ... respiratory distress syndrome ... (ARDS). ... There are areas ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)

Definition:
HIV-Associated Neurocognitive disorders categories:
• Asymptomatic neurocognitive impairment
• Mild neurocognitive impairment
• HIV dementia

Pathophysiology:
HIV frequently
impairment • Mild ... HIV dementia Pathophysiology ... The clinical syndrome ... disorder #dementia #AIDS ... #Neurology
Pseudogout Summary - Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD)

Pathophysiology:
Pyrophosphate produced by chondrocytes likely precipitates with calcium to
) Pathophysiology ... trauma (> 65 years old ... Think of the "H's ... Crowned Dens Syndrome ... Rheumatology #diagnosis #management
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
mobilizes fatty acids ... acidosis is very mild ... for Refeeding Syndrome ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #treatment