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Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Diagnosis and Management ... substantially increase ... Clinical construct ... > 2 indicates increased ... Criteria #Diagnosis #Management
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... inflammation: Increased ... Hyperferritinemia, decreased ... Disease #diagnosis #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... injury, leading to increased ... associated with decreased ... Management ● Early ... ● Supportive management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Pressure Both increase ... Palliation for increased ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... Cannot tolerate decreased ... #criticalcare #management
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
DIC) Overview Increased ... Elevated D-Dimer • Increased ... organ damage Clinical ... Cryoprecipitate to increase ... causes #treatment #management
Top Tips to help you use the Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS)

1. It's all about the baseline
2.
help you use the Clinical ... automatically increase ... DrLindaDykes #Clinical ... Geriatrics #Diagnosis #Management
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
leading to airway increased ... WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... • Wheezing • Increased ... pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
ATP production  increased ... presentation - Clinical ... Toxicology #Diagnosis #Management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... Hyponatremia • Increased ... bone marrow • Increased ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Dual antiplatelet therapy with aspirin and clopidogrel for acute high risk transient ischaemic attack and minor
ischaemic stroke: a clinical ... with a possible increase ... Stroke #Neurology #Management