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COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
COVID-19 Intubation ... using BVM: Hold mask ... • Meticulous removal ... before and after removal ... Checklist #SARSCoV2 #Management
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Hypertension (CTEPH ... embolism Pathophysiology ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... 6 months after PE ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Checklist for removing PPE, using a tear-away gown here (this type of gown is preferred)
Inside the
Checklist for removing PPE ... Internet Book of Critical ... Care @iBookCC #PPE ... Doffing #Checklist #Management ... #COVID19 #SARSCoV2
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... symptoms of active pulmonary ... TB PE: - Local ... decreased reflexes Pathophysiology ... for concomitant pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis (LTBI) Pathophysiology ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... characteristic features Clinical ... assay (IGRA) • PPD ... #Diagnosis #Management
COVID-19 - Subpleural Consolidations on Lung POCUS

Doing daily POCUS LUS for ICU COVID-19 patients in Singapore
and density of B lines ... Helps with management ... conserve valuable PPEs ... #clinical #lung ... #ultrasound #pulmonary
Checklist for removing PPE, using a gown with fixed neck ties.
Inside the patient room (or ante-room):
1.
Checklist for removing PPE ... Internet Book of Critical ... Care @iBookCC #PPE ... Doffing #Checklist #Management ... #COVID19 #SARSCoV2
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... effusion, INC risk PE ... , Pulmonary amyloidosis ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management