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Hyperkalemia after Missed Hemodialysis - Initial electrocardiogram showed peaked T waves and a prolonged QT segment
Hyperkalemia after ... Hemodialysis - Initial electrocardiogram ... segment (Panel A) #Clinical ... #Cardiology #EM ... #PeakedT #NEJM
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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mmol/L - Consider cause ... Treatment guided by clinical ... Shift K+ into cells ... Prevention - Consider cause ... #management #algorithm
Decompression Sickness - The physical examination revealed diffuse violaceous skin mottling over his trunk and arms
extent of the nausea ... and vomiting as well ... #Clinical #Derm ... #EM #Radiology # ... Pneumatosis #CT #NEJM
Echinococcal Cysts in the Liver- The physical examination revealed hepatomegaly with a palpable hepatic mass. Laboratory
a normal white-cell ... Hydatid disease is caused ... #clinical #NEJM ... liver #hepatic #radiology
Acrobatic Lice - Dermoscopy revealed a nit firmly attached to the pubic hair, as well as
pubic hair, as well ... other hair-bearing areas ... (“pubic lice”) caused ... was diagnosed #Clinical ... #Pediculosis #NEJM
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
Troponin is to call ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #clinica l#foamed ... #algorithm #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
Troponin is to call ... treat the primary cause ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Cesarean delivery Clinical ... Key Point: High clinical ... vessels, harms heart cells ... including giant-cell ... tachycardia on the electrocardiogram
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Lung- ...Physical examination revealed decreased air entry in the base of the
Squamous-Cell Carcinoma ... that were in his breast ... #NEJM #clinical ... #radiology #CT # ... squamous #cell #
Heterotopic Pregnancy - Transvaginal ultrasonography revealed a 4-cm-by-4-cm right adnexal mass (Panel B, arrow) and intrauterine
C, arrow), as well ... arrowhead), which caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... HeterotopicPregnancy #US #NEJM