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Paracentesis Procedure Checklist and Supplies
 • Indications
 • Pre-op
 • Preparation and Supplies
 • Insertion
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Paracentesis Procedure ... Checklist and Supplies ... Medicine @SCVMCMed #Paracentesis ... #Procedure #Checklist ... Instructions #Supplies #management
Classification of Vasculitis 
Vasculitis of large vessels 
 - Arteritis temporalis (giant-cell arteritis) 
 - Takayasu
Classification of ... - Kawasaki disease ... syndrome - Immune-complex-induced ... and infectious diseases ... dermatomyositis #Size #Classification
Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
diagnoses, & design a management ... examinations & infectious disease ... thoracentesis #paracentesis
Paracentesis Checklist
Also Consider:
- albumin (large volume)
- facemask
- Luer Lock stopper tip for syringe

#Management #Paracentesis #Preprocedure #Materials
Paracentesis Checklist ... for syringe #Management ... #Paracentesis # ... Supplies #Supply #Checklist
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
DIAGNOSTICS Paracentesis ... Day 3 repeat paracentesis ... fluoroquinolone to complete ... advanced liver disease ... SBP #diagnosis #management
Complex Perianal Fistulas and Crohn's Disease - Management Algorithm
Factors for Operative Strategy
  • Fistula Classification
Complex Perianal ... Fistulas and Crohn's Disease ... - Management Algorithm ... Strategy • Fistula Classification ... IBD #algorithm #management
IDSA - Prophylaxis to Prevent First Episode of Opportunistic Disease in HIV-AIDS
 • Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
Opportunistic Disease ... Mycobacterium avium complex ... (MAC) disease ... HIVAIDS #IDSA #management
Hansen's Disease (Leprosy)
 • Transmission - not completely understood, ?nasal droplets
 • Symptoms appear ~5 years
Hansen's Disease ... do not contract disease ... response to M. leprae complex ... • Tuberculoid disease ... Leprosy #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
HPS - Diagnosis:
 1. Patients with liver disease
 2. Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (AaP02) >15 mmHg
Patients with liver disease ... vasodilatation HPS Classification ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #classification
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN) 
 - Loss of kidney function over a short period of tirne
of glomerular disease ... space) Immune-Complex ... Glomerulonephritis #RPGN #Classification