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Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
Emergency Treatment Algorithm ... for reversible cause ... FIRST-LINE AGENTS ... Midazolam 10 mg IM ... neurology #seizures #ACEP
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... • Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... GDMT meds (e.g., ACE
APVcmv - Adaptive Pressure Ventilation - Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Summary
Most Similar to PRVC - Pressure Regulated
volume and in doing ... patients - The more work ... less support it gets ... target volume Casey ... Ventilation #management #pulmonary
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... for Three Common Causes ... Ameliorate increased work ... pressure (PEEP) for pulmonary ... common empirical agents
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
relapsing fever caused ... TBRF is caused by ... plasmids that contain genes ... or PenG 800K U IM ... microscopy #pathology #clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... days before Pulmonary
Acute Generalized Exanthematous Pustulosis (AGEP)

AGEP is largely a clinical diagnosis based on classical skin findings in
a clinical diagnosis ... commonly implicated agents ... Causes? ... Clinical Presentation ... During the acute
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
full infectious work-up ... days → add fungal work-up ... Treat underlying cause ... renal failure, pulmonary ... differentiating agent
Intraoperative Mains Oxygen Supply Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Complete failure of wall or pendant
supply. ❼ Evaluate moving ... oxygen and volatile agent ... unless clinical ... if clinically appropriate ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
soil (increased during ... or excavation work ... disseminated disease • Clinical ... When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... involvement in >95% of cases