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COVID-19 RESPIRATORY PATHWAY ALGORITHM
Awake proning may help with oxygenation
Permissive hypoxemia, if closely monitored and in the
RESPIRATORY PATHWAY ALGORITHM ... Awake proning may ... RESPIRATORY #Support #ALGORITHM ... SARSCOV2 #Hypoxemia #Failure
Right Heart Catheterization - Pulmonary Artery Pressures and Calculations
PULMONARY VASCULAR RESISTANCE = (meanPAP-PCWP) / CO
 •
0.9 predicts RV failure ... 1.85 predicts RV failure ... RESISTANCE = [(MAP ... PE, right heart failure ... Ahmed Ghoneem, MD MSc
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
- Usually a MAP ... - This may vary ... occur at lower MAPs ... chronic renal failure ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chronic Renal Failure ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Framework - MAP ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Treatment Goals: 1) MAP ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Hypertension Management Algorithm ... Left Ventricular Failure ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Hypertension #Management #Algorithm
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
filter • N95 mask ... • May use conventional ... center or team may ... criticalcare #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA ... Vessels (Heart failure ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
ED arrival MSK ... Skin - Burns, may ... Management #Emergency #Algorithm
Pediatric SVT - Management Algorithm
Identify SVT:
 • HR not variable
 • Abrupt rate changes
 • Infants:
SVT - Management Algorithm ... Monitors, Pads AP ... shock or heart failure ... tachycardia #Management #Algorithm