6 results
Flapping tremors of Asterixis

DDx
- Decompensated cirrhosis or acute liver failure.
- Renal failure /azotemia.
- Respiratory failure with
Decompensated cirrhosis or acute ... - Respiratory ... hyperammonemia #PhysicalExam ... #clinical #diagnosis ... #video
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma ... #Video #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam # ... Pulmonary #Respiratory
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... Cheat Sheet An acute ... cause such as trauma ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
Recent history of trauma ... malignancy (Especially acute ... organ damage Clinical ... dysfunction (19%) • Respiratory ... #Coagulation #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... presents with acute ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... #Management #Infections
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Syndrome (GBS) Acute ... Meningococcal), surgery, trauma ... transplantation CLINICAL ... extremity, facial, respiratory ... #management #neurology