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What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
What is the difference ... scripts and initial treatment ... algorithms. ... mesentericischemia #comparison #differences ... #diagnosis #table
SALT-ED Trial - Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Noncritically Ill Adults

N Engl J Med 2018; 378:819-828
, there was no difference ... hospital-free days between treatment ... crystalloids and treatment ... #AKI #MAKE30 #VisualAbstract
COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
transpulmonary pressure difference ... sarscov2 #management #treatment ... #VisualAbstract
Acute Pulmonary Embolism - Management Algorithms
 - Hemodynamically Stable Patients
 - Hemodynamically Unstable Patients

- Dr. Eric
Embolism - Management Algorithms ... Hemodynamically Stable ... acutePE #Management #Algorithm ... #treatment
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
bronchoprovocation test, and sensitivity ... Overlap #FirstLine #Differences ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Drugs Used for the Treatment of COVID-19 Infection

** Editor Note (from ophthalmology MD input) - Hydroxychloroquine/chloroquine
Drugs Used for the Treatment ... HCQ treatment would ... make no difference ... of short term treatment ... #Pharmacology #Table
The SALT Mass Casualty Triage Approach
 - SALT stands for “Sort, Assess, Lifesaving interventions, and Treatment
interventions, and Treatment ... data regarding sensitivity ... MassCasualty #Incident #Algorithm
Commonly Used Diagnostic Tests for Celiac Disease

Tissue transglutaminase (tTG) IgA antibodies
 - Most reliable noninvasive test
test - High sensitivity ... Widely variable sensitivity ... antibodies - Sensitivity ... Reflects response to treatment ... Diagnosis #Workup #Table
Balanced Crystalloids vs. NormalSaline - My infographic about SALT-ED and SMART trial comparing crystalloids and saline
Adults - No difference ... hospital-free days between treatment ... #Saline #AKI #VisualAbstract
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
#management #algorithm ... #pharmacology #treatment ... #medications #table