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Stress Dose Steroids - Indications and Dosing

SUPPRESSED HPA AXIS:
 prednisone >20mg/day x 3 weeks or more
Indications and Dosing ... #Indications #Dosing ... Endocrinology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
Fracture - ED Management ... • Mechanism: Closed ... reduce if needed (using ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis ... #Management #Hand
Illustrations showing elements of a shoulder assessment. Also included on a shoulder assessment would be determination
shoulder assessment would ... tendon tenderness (using ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
Pleural Elastance during ... using a syringe ... collecting bag as you would ... Pleural #Manometry #diagnosis ... #management #pulmonary
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
• Consider moving ... is stable and wound ... is closed (may ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
sounds mostly heard during ... sounds heard mostly during ... High-pitched wheezing sound ... Findings #Pulmonary #PhysicalExam ... #diagnosis #signs
Cannon A waves during AVNRT on Physical Exam
In AVNRT, the atria and ventricles contract nearly simultaneously
Cannon A waves during ... contracts against a closed ... are enough to diagnose ... Awaves #AVNRT #PhysicalExam
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
more prominent during ... dyspnea and is found ... the underlying diagnosis ... PHTN #JVP #Neck #PhysicalExam
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Management during ... Management during ... Management during ... Serial TTE and close
Adult Onset Still's Disease
Systemic inflammation with urticarial rash.
Rash: 
 • Nonpruritic, evanescent (correlates with time of
• Leukocytosis Diagnosis ... widely used for diagnosis ... appearance and usually found ... or extremities during ... #rheumatology #management