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Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
and Management ... Polyarthralgia • Tenosynovitis ... joints, knees, wrists ... , ankles • Axial ... #Management #Microbiology
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
Seizure, coma, spinal ... high voltage Cardiac ... especially with AC ... Electricity #Evaluation #Diagnosis ... #Management #Emergency
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Toxins/Medications, Spinal ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #management
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Low voltage Treatment ... agent, steroids, AC ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... kit (eg 18G Luer spinal ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... Plan definitive management ... #Management #Workup
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... ) on room air Treatment ... #management #treatment
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
further workup and treatment ... Major Adverse Cardiac ... the ED to help focus ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events ... #Diagnosis #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... artery aneurysms Diagnosis ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... #management #signs
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... pregnancy • May have typical ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
MANIFESTATIONS: • The cardinal ... bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology