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Risk Factors for Sudden Cardiac Death in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
 - Sudden death in a
Sudden Cardiac Death ... Cardiomyopathy - Sudden death ... tachycardia (≥ 3 beats ... resuscitated sudden death ... #RiskFactors #Death
Opioid Overdose Management and Discharge Criteria

Patients with presumed opioid overdose were safely discharged one hour after
Respiratory rate >10 breaths ... /min and <20 breaths ... Heart rate >50 beats ... /min and <100 beats
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) - Basics
Nomenclature:
 - Echogenicity = brightness
 - Hyperechoic = more echogenic
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... Knobology - DAG: - DEPTH ... decrease viewing depth ... Always limit depth ... Brightness of image #pocus
Overview of approach to brain death

Pursuing a diagnosis of brain death too early may lead to
approach to brain death ... diagnosis of brain death ... patient should focus ... Brain death evaluation ... compatible with brain death
How does the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (nCoV2019) compare to Ebola, SARS, MERS? Cases and Deaths
Weighing diseases
Cases and Deaths ... cases, 15,158 deaths ... Confirmed cases, 813 deaths ... Confirmed cases, 862 deaths ... recovered, 814 deaths
Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Echogenicity - Brightness
Probe Positioning
Transducer Orientation
Knobology (DAG):
 • DEPTH - Can increase or
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... Knobology (DAG): • DEPTH ... decrease viewing depth ... Always limit depth ... #Ultrasound #POCUS
Fatality / Mortality Calculations in an Outbreak
There are a number of different types of rates, risks,
rate (CFR) = # of deaths ... risk (IFR) = # of deaths ... risk (HFR) = # of deaths ... (sCFR) = # of deaths
Five Year Cancer survival rates in the USA

Despite increasing global cancer deaths, cancer death rates across
global cancer deaths ... , cancer death rates
The Death Spiral: Increased RV Afterload (Acute PE) 
#Pathophysiology #PE #PulmonaryEmbolism #Embolism #DeathSpiral #Shock #RVDysfunction #RebelEM
The Death Spiral
Anatomy of Vegetative State, Locked-in Syndrome and Brainstem Death

#LockedIn #Syndrome #BrainDeath #Comparison #Diagnosis #Neurology #Vegetative
and Brainstem Death