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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... determine the cause ... & upper thorax distend ... veins also distend ... #Blood #Flow #physicalexam
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Flow of Dilated Abdominal ... found to have distended ... abdominal wall ... What is the cause ... #Video #Chest #PhysicalExam
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
•
> 20 pkyr) • Obstructive ... nutritional status Intraoperative ... • Upper abdominal ... anesthesia #surgery #causes
Inhaled Foreign Body Management

Abdominal thrusts using the Heimlich 
manoeuvre in older children to expel an inhaled
Inhaled Foreign Body Management ... Abdominal thrusts ... as they may cause ... Pediatrics #Airway #Obstruction ... #ForeignBody #Management
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Intraoperative Hypertension ... hypercarbia as causes ... antihypertensives • Distended ... syndrome) • Medical causes ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Intraoperative Laryngospasm ... stimulating or obstructing ... Consider other causes ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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mucosal injury - Abdominal ... pain, nausea, vomiting ... necrosis Bowel Obstruction ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Framework and Management ... Summary Causes ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal ... Renal tubular obstruction ... #causes #treatment
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
stress. 60% of CP cases ... pancreatitis) • O (Obstructive ... Manifestations: • Abdominal ... Pancreatitis #diagnosis #management