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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
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
Consider using the mnemonic “D.O.P.E.S. like D.O.T.T.S.” to assist you in first diagnosing the problem (D.O.P.E.S.)
Consider using the ... assist you in first diagnosing ... CriticalCareNow #Diagnosis ... #Management #Crashing ... DOTTS #Mnemonic #Checklist
Illustrations showing elements of a shoulder assessment. Also included on a shoulder assessment would be determination
shoulder assessment would ... tendon tenderness (using ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
 - 
Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... Reorientation during ... #Delirium #Checklist ... #Management #Treatment
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
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
Cannot Intubate, Cannot Oxygenate (CICO) Checklist Mnemonic 

C - Call it and communicate it: 
- Communicate
Oxygenate (CICO) Checklist ... palpation within the wound ... cricothyroid membrane using ... Law #CICO #Checklist ... Oxygenate #Mnemonic #Management
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