95 results
Managing Pain, Anxiety and Delirium in the ICU

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#Pain #Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare #Comparison #Management
Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare ... #Comparison #Management ... #Diagnosis #ICU
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... with TST or IGRA ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Testing

LATENT TB
• LTBI is diagnosed when an asymptomatic patient has a positive TST or IGRA
Testing LATENT TB ... • LTBI is diagnosed ... result with no clinical ... IGRA/QuantiFERON-TB ... positive predictive value
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
characteristic features Clinical ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... Tuberculin skin test ... with TST or IGRA ... #Diagnosis #Management
Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical ... Network #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Differential Diagnosis ... PNA, Abscess, TB ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #criticalcare
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Miliary TB: random ... TB: Tree-in-bud ... patient with active TB ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Comparison
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
 -
Tuberculosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... dissemination Diagnosis ... #Diagnosis #Management
Common Biliary Diseases seen in the Emergency Room - Comparison Table:

Clinical Features, Labs, Imaging and Treatment

#Diagnosis
Emergency Room - Comparison ... Table: Clinical ... and Treatment #Diagnosis ... #Management #BiliaryDiseases ... Table #Approach #Comparison
Central Retinal Artery Occlusion (CRAO) vs Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO) - A Comparison Table

Clinical Features,
Occlusion (CRVO) - A Comparison ... Table Clinical ... Ophthalmology #Diagnosis ... #Management #CentralRetinal ... #Artery #Vein #Comparison