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Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis ... Guidelines for Crises ... group and save/cross-match ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Obstructive) Diagnosis ... question after cross-sectional ... question after cross-sectional ... #Pancreatitis #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis ... Consider early HFNC ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... #Myasthenic #Crisis ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
- Differential Diagnosis ... Still's disease • Crohn ... arthritis • Crohn's ... • Dengue • Babesiosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Algorithm for Suspected Penicillin Allergy in Patients Undergoing Surgery 

• Cephalosporins may be prescribed to patients
penicillin allergy are diagnosed ... there is only a 2% cross-reactivity ... #Preoperative #Management
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Babesiosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... renal failure Diagnosis ... smear "Maltese Cross ... #Management #microbiology
Esophageal Variceal Bleeding - Diagnosis and Management Summary
PRE-ENDOSCOPY
Vasoactive agents - Octreotide: 
 • 50mcg bolus →
Variceal Bleeding - Diagnosis ... and Management ... cardiac function), Cross-sectional ... Variceal #Bleeding #Diagnosis ... #Management #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
infection that cross-reacts ... bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... sensitive tests for diagnosis ... Barre #Syndrome #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Babesiosis on Peripheral Smear
85 M from SE USA, hx splenectomy, IgG4 plasmacytic syndrome: F, chills, profound
Babesiosis on Peripheral ... hematuria, H/A. diagnosis ... Transfusion related babesiosis ... 10%RBC, +maltese cross ... microti, malaria Babesiosis
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
bouts of HTN Diagnostic ... Transverse Myelitis Diagnosis ... than 2/3 of the cross-sectional ... Transverse #Myelitis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology