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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
Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
of re-expansion pulmonary ... 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
alveoli as seen in pulmonary ... High-pitched wheezing sound ... Lung #Findings #Pulmonary ... #PhysicalExam # ... diagnosis #signs
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... produced primarily during ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Hypoxemia and Dyspnea - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask for vitals en route
2) Stabilize: Nasal canula 
3)
Rapid Response Management ... ) Examination: Pulmonary ... Cardiac, Neuro 4) Diagnose ... using hypoxemia ... #criticalcare #pulmonary
Illustrations showing elements of a shoulder assessment. Also included on a shoulder assessment would be determination
shoulder assessment would ... tendon tenderness (using ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Giant A waves caused by pulmonary HTN. There are two clearly discernible descents (X and Y)
waves caused by pulmonary ... more prominent during ... dyspnea and is found ... the underlying diagnosis ... PHTN #JVP #Neck #PhysicalExam
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Pericardial tamponade, Pulmonary ... vasoactive drug pharmacology ... Vasoactive #Drugs #pharmacology ... #inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison
Amiodarone Toxicity and Monitoring

Tremor Ataxia 
Ocular neuritis 
Corneal Microdeposits 
Bradycardia 
Pulmonary fibrosis 
Hepatotoxicity 
Blue-gray skin
Bradycardia Pulmonary ... SideEffects #Adverse #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology