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Kaposi Sarcoma Herpes Virus (KSHV)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases  #Infections
#Differential
Diagnosis #KSHV #HHV ... lymphoproliferative #KICS
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong  via #IDFellowCase
#ID  #Infectious Diseases
Cytokine Syndrome (KICS ... Diagnosis #KSHV #HHV ... #KICS #Kaposi
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
Traumatic Cardiac ... Scalpel, 4cm at 4th ICS ... after isolated cardiac ... Laceration on heart Cardiac
KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS)
Working Case Definition for KICS: Requires at least 2 clinical manifestations (from
Cytokine Syndrome (KICS ... Definition for KICS ... ID_fellows #KICS ... diagnosis #management #hhv8
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
- NEJM 1999 - ICU ... FOCUS - NEJM 2011 ... - NEJM 2018 - Cardiac ... Transfusing blood is ... surgical, GIB, and cardiac
Evaluation and Management of Hyperkalemia

As with hypokalemia, the immediate danger of hyperkalemia is its effect on
of hyperkalemia is ... its effect on cardiac ... efforts should focus ... because hyperkalemia is
HEART Score – A Tool For the ED The HEART score is an excellent tool that
The HEART score is ... scoring system is ... Major Adverse Cardiac ... the ED to help focus ... heart-score-major-cardiac-events
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
the mechanism is ... One of these is ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac
Postinfarction Ventricular Septal Rupture
Inferior infarct.
Ivs flat suggest high RV pressure- bad news
Needs immediate cardiac surgery.

Ivan Stankovic,
Ivs flat suggest ... Needs immediate cardiac ... clinical #cardiology #pocus
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram (A4c)
Hypotensive + respiratory distress. At first glance you
Effusion causing Cardiac ... Its actually an ... This is cardiac ... Pericardial #Effusion #Cardiac ... echocardiogram #POCUS