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Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
and Management Pearls ... respiratory distress, stridor ... cyanosis, decreased level ... No stridor or recession ... #Diagnosis #Management
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
stratify this group ... treatments in this group ... an infant with fever ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Stratification #Fever
Summary of Infections in which Steroids play a role in treatment
 • TB meningitis
 • TB
Moderate to severe croup ... Severe typhoid fever ... Indications #infections #management
Westley Croup Severity Score 

Level of consciousness 
  Normal, including sleep = 0
  Disoriented
Westley Croup Severity ... Score Level ... At rest = 5 Stridor ... #Westley #Croup
Bacteremia Quick Reference - Treatment Duration

Gram Negative Bacteremia:
 • Avoid: Aminoglycosides and tigecycline
 • Catheters should
- No fever ... DENOVA score • Group ... C and Group G strep ... Bacteremia #Treatment #Management
Recommendations for initial management of Unstable Angina/NSTEMI

Flowchart for class I and class lla recommendations for initial
Recommendations for initial management ... recommendations for initial management ... Ilb/llla; LOE, level ... UnstableAngina #Management ... #Algorithm #Cardiology
COPD Management Algorithm - GOLD 2019 guidelines 

Categorize into COPD GOLD A-D -> Initiate first-line therapy
COPD Management ... patients into GOLD Group ... their dyspnea level ... Which group they ... GOLD2019 #Guidelines #Management
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Presentation: - Fever ... Myocarditis #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #summary
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Troponin, Lactate, Liver ... and/or digoxin level ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Management
Summary of Heart Blocks
1st Degree Heart Block:
 • Prolonged PR >200ms (5 small squares).
 • Narrow
Brady Management ... Block infranodal level ... electrocardiogram #ecg #cardiology