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Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Massive Hemoptysis ... - Diagnosis and ... Management • Definitions ... cause death by asphyxia ... #Diagnosis #Management
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP ... coagulation defects. 1) HELLP ... (Hemolysis, Elevated ... obstetrics #hematology #diagnosis ... #table #comparison
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy
Three syndromes in the critically ill pregnant woman who presents with coagulation defects.
1) HELLP
coagulation defects. 1) HELLP ... (Hemolysis, Elevated ... Pregnancy #TTPHUS #HELLP ... OBGyn #Hematology #Diagnosis ... #Comparison #Table
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
factors which can help ... #Diagnosis #Myocardial ... #Type1 #Type2 #Definition ... #NSTEMI #Comparison ... #Table
Imaging options for exclusion of PE in pregnant women
The radiation dose required for either V/Q scanning
to performing definitive ... are outlined in Table ... 1 #Diagnosis ... Workup #Imaging #Comparison ... #Table #Pregnant
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
, no necrosis HELLP ... Syndrome (Hemolysis ... obstetrics #hepatitis #comparison ... #differential #diagnosis ... #icp #HELLP #AFLP
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Rhinosinusitis, cough, SOB, hemoptysis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Rockwood Clinical Frailty Score

There is no single generally accepted clinical definition of frailty. Previously developed tools
accepted clinical definition ... others for daily help ... – People need help ... so, they seem stable ... #Diagnosis #Geriatrics
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
injury, ischemia, hemolysis ... Pseudohyperkalemia - hemolysis ... Elimination (see Table ... Hemodialysis - Definitive ... hyperkalemia/ for a definitive