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This 24M presented with acute onset CP/SOB, hypoxia, HR 150s. What's the diagnosis? Treatment options? Hint:
What's the diagnosis ... Thrombus in transit ... Pt had extensive ... #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Cool echo - RV strain, McConnell sign, and CLOT IN TRANSIT!! BP is normal and pt
is normal and pt ... What's your management ... @eabramsMD #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... Pulmonary #Embolism #Thrombus
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Total scores >2 ... will vary with clinical ... due to short half-life ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis ... #management
Tumor Lysis Syndrome - Workup and Management

Initial workup: BMP, Serum uric acid, LDH, Urine output, Consider
Syndrome - Workup and Management ... creatinine ratio Laboratory ... Treatment of Clinical ... monitoring • Consider ICU ... Lysis #Syndrome #diagnosis
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
• Increased thrombin ... organ damage Clinical ... venipuncture sites Laboratory ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... causes #treatment #management
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU ... to know if the pt ... esp in work-up/management ... : • For most ICU ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Highly variable clinical ... Anti-LKM & Anti-ALC ... Hepatitis (eg Viral) Management ... Necrosis) If mild laboratory ... #Management #Hepatology
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
WHAT ARE THE CLINICAL ... YOU LOOK FOR ON LABORATORY ... Total IgE ( >1000 IU ... ABPA #pulmonary #diagnosis ... #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... Cardiomyopathy #diagnosis
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... to be in ADHF starts ... establishing a diagnosis ... #algorithm #management ... #criticalcare #icu