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Candidates for Medical Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy with Methotrexate 
 - Hemodynamically stable 
 - No
Treatment of Ectopic Pregnancy ... gestational sac < 3.5 cm ... - No fetal cardiac ... Methotrexate #Ectopic #Pregnancy ... #Management #Criteria
Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection- Ultrasonographic images showed ventricular dilatation in the fetal brain, and T2-weighted magnetic resonance
dilatation in the fetal ... immunoassay was positive ... cytomegalovirus (CMV ... the placenta was positive ... #clinical #NEJM
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Fatty Liver of Pregnancy ... : • Defect in fetal ... Maternal Support - Critical ... #Fatty #Liver #Pregnancy ... obgyn #diagnosis #management
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... immunodeficiency, malignancy, pregnancy ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Invasive disease • Pregnancy ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Monocytogenes - Gram-positive ... immunodeficiency, malignancy, pregnancy ... food, salad bar Clinical ... Invasive disease • Pregnancy ... Monocytogenes #diagnosis #management
Esophageal Atresia and Tracheoesophageal Fistula- An infant had an apneic episode at birth and received positive-pressure
birth and received positive-pressure ... had not revealed fetal ... resistance at 11 cm ... #NEJM #clinical
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
30%, LVEDd > 6.0 cm ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Management during ... Management during ... support for patients clinically
Cryptococcus neoformans Meningoencephalitis- The opening pressure on lumbar puncture was 29 cm of water (reference range,
puncture was 29 cm ... reference range, <20 cm ... virus antibody was positive ... #clinical #NEJM
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... in literature (NEJM ... (at least 1-2 cm ... Biopsies remain positive ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
esp in work-up/management ... NOTES: The last clinic ... the Pt's current clinical ... pts a CBC and CMP ... HIV, EtOH, Urine Pregnancy