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Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Medical Treatment ... Disease Initial medical ... treatment of chronic ... COPD assessment test ... #Algorithm #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... dependent DM ACS ... determine if stress test ... • <12mo since ACS ... and surgical management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
(UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... anti-GBM) Other tests ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... differential #diagnosis #management ... #treatment
Management of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) Induced Cardiotoxicity
Problem - Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are associated with
abatacept for the treatment ... abnormal screening tests ... Abnormal screening tests ... normal, significant echocardiogram ... #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
• Avoid ARB/ACE-I ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... deteriorating on medical ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #cardiology #treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
or diagnostic tests ... before beginning treatment ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac ... lactate and can act
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
MANIFESTATIONS: • The cardinal ... complete paralysis of all ... and sensitive tests ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... size fits all” ... algorithm #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
on Echocardiogram ... Short-Axis View ... then the next tests ... MRI, CT TAP are all ... #LV #Echocardiogram
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
Males • Affects all ... vessel aneurysms • Cardiac ... Diagnosis: • Clinical tests ... affected tissue Treatment ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management