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Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
prioritized as the critical ... paradigm; optimal care ... The following are ... and the primary survey ... #Management #Trauma
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... Hernias - Past surgery ... incisional hernias: clinical ... radicular pain #Rare ... #Pain #differential
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
cardiothoracic surgery ... , trauma or iatrogenic ... Plan definitive management ... care area. ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... Determine if any labs are ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... events or death (CARP ... medical and surgical management
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... infiltration) Differential ... Maternal Support - Critical ... care support, Transfer ... obgyn #diagnosis #management
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
the duodenum Clinical ... triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... , and palpable abdominal ... • Should be on differential ... Management: SURGERY
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Meningococcal), surgery ... , trauma, and bone-marrow ... transplantation CLINICAL ... specific therapy, the clinician ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential ... Framework and Management ... Rhabdomyolysis: • Trauma ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... Tachycardia - N/V - Abdominal
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Diagnosis and Management ... GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... Differential Diagnosis ... MRI+contrast Management
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
, from suction trauma ... Surgical management ... mortality w/o surgery ... Emergencies #diagnosis #differential ... #management #pulmonary