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A good approach when dealing with hypotension at the bedside includes using the following systematic four
Heart Rate 2. ... Vascular Resistance #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Hypotensive
M (Mallampati Score): essentially giving you an external assessment tool about the patient’s ability to open
#Clinical #Diagnosis ... #EM #PCC #anesth ... #Mallampati #Classification
Lyme Disease: Clinical diagnosis. Likely if recent hiking, travel to endemic area, erythema migrans (EM), an
Lyme Disease: Clinical ... diagnosis. ... erythema migrans (EM ... Treatment is doxycycline ... Symptoms #Early #Late
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess Pathophysiology ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... weight loss • Late ... CXR upright or lat ... Clindamycin in case of PCN
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
- Differential Diagnosis ... Responsive to Treatment ... very high mitotic rate ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification ... #pathophysiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Food: Cold cuts, pate ... food, salad bar Clinical ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
Food: Cold cuts, pate ... food, salad bar Clinical ... CNS infection Diagnosis ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Lyme Disease - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lyme Disease Epidemiology:
- Spirochete
- Reservoir: small mammals & birds
- Transmitted
Lyme Disease Clinical ... Late Disease (Months ... Lyme Disease Treatment ... cefotaxime or PCN ... #Management #treatment
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... : 33% • Treatment ... CKD, CHF, high rate ... : No • Treatment ... Reactions #hematology #diagnosis
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
Pathophysiology: ... Clinical Significance ... It's typically a late ... #cullensign #em ... #peritonitis #IM