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Core IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced Nephropathy

Definition: 
 • no slam dunk criteria 
 • definition in
IM: Pearls on Contrast-Induced ... 72 hours after contrast ... #Diagnosis #Management
ERCP - Obtaining a good Cholangiogram
 • General Tips
 • Patient Positioning
 • Image Capture
 •
Procedural Factors • Contrast ... Cholangiogram #management
Contact Precautions for MRSA & VRE 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do For No Reason

Source Article: https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/195053/hospital-medicine/things-we-do-no-reason-contact-precautions-mrsa-and-vre
Rebuttal
Contact Precautions ... things-we-do-no-reason-contact-precautions-mrsa-and-vre ... things-we-do-good-reasons-contact-precautions-multidrug ... #VRE #TWDFNR #Management
Molluscum Contagiosum 
Clinical 
 • Most common in school-age children 
 • Transmitted by direct contact
Transmitted by direct contact ... palms and soles Management ... Diagnosis #Clinical #Management
Difficult Selective Biliary Cannulation (SBC)
Factors associated with difficult SBC:
 - SMALL PAPILLA: can be difficult to
associated with initial contact ... initial ST-papilla contact ... beneficial to inject contrast ... gastroenterology #management
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
people do not contract ... factors: Close contact ... Leprosy #diagnosis #management
Emergency Tracheostomy Management Algorithm - Patent Upper Airway

This algorithm assumes a potentially patent upper airway, meaning
Emergency Tracheostomy Management ... This is in contrast ... #Management #CriticalCare
Additional Modalities for Workup of GI Bleed (Other than EGD + Colonoscopy)

Pill endoscopy
 • Able to
Non-therapeutic, contrast ... Non-therapeutic, contrast ... • Invasive, contrast ... Bleed #GIBleed #management
Post-abortion Hemorrhage Management Algorithm
Cervical laceration
 → Direct pressure, silver nitrate for small laceration
 → Repair with
Post-abortion Hemorrhage Management ... transfuse products and contact ... Postabortion #Hemorrhage #Management
Spinal Epidural Abscess - Illness Script
Epidemiology:
 - Patients at risk for bacteremia: IVDU, dental abscess, HD
Diagnosis: - MRI with contrast ... Abscess #diagnosis #management