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Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
Disorders Testing Algorithm ... uncovered incidentally during ... evaluation or workup ... 1,500 cells/µL Workup ... glucocorticoid treatment
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
Treatment of Stable ... nodal blocking agents ... Treat underlying cause ... Treat underlying cause ... management #cardiology #algorithm
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
Emergency Treatment ... Algorithm for Convulsive ... for reversible cause ... First-line agents ... Midazolam 10 mg IM
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
Emergency Treatment ... 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 ... • Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... GDMT meds (e.g., ACE ... management #cardiology #treatment
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
LBRF was epidemic during ... plasmids that contain genes ... Treatment is tetracycline ... or PenG 800K U IM ... initiation of treatment
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
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
Coccidioidomycosis (Coccidioides): Valley Fever - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode of Transmission
soil (increased during ... or excavation work ... When symptomatic→ pulmonary ... involvement in >95% of cases ... disease: no treatment
Mitral valve regurgitation is the heart’s version of a plot twist — just when you think
systole, the atrium gets ... a med student during ... to make it all work ... that glorious pulmonary ... detective story, and treatment