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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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SBP <90, drop in ... SBP > 40 - End-organ ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... #criticalcare # ... #management
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
: SBP<90, SBP drop ... Mental Status (SBP ... #Management #Summary ... #criticalcare # ... treatment #workup
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • HPI: sudden onset, "tearing" chest pain, radiation to
Aortic Dissection - Diagnosis ... Summary • HPI: ... ) - goal SBP ... #Management #summary ... #treatment
Ascites - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Paracentesis studies: cell count + differential, albumin, protein, culture
 • Serum-ascites-albumin-gradient
Ascites - Diagnosis ... and Management ... hypertensive source • SBP ... suggests higher SBP ... #Management #Summary
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
culture-positive SBP ... culture-positive SBP ... , mortality in SBP ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #diagnosis #management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
the lungs are so ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #management #ards ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary ... Life threatening labile ... BP and arrythmias ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... SBP < 100 3. ... recognition and treatment ... Sepsis #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #SIRS #criticalcare
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Lung Toxicity Summary ... starting amiodarone treatment ... organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... macrophages Treatment ... #management #Toxicology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
extraction is so ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment