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Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
Rapid Response Team ... • Confirm IV access ... • Concise one-liner ... questions "Never ... #RRT #Management
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... - Management Algorithm ... increase short-term ... can be bridge to Liver ... #Algorithm #treatment
Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup and Management ... within one week to assess ... Consider: Spine, CNS, liver ... #candidiasis #treatment ... #fungal #fungemia
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Diagnosis and Treatment ... Assess volume status ... Treatment: Treatment ... include vaptans (HF/liver ... #management #nephrology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Mississippi and Ohio River ... Increased protein level ... normal glucose level ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... #Diagnosis #Management