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Important Blood Pressure Targets in the ED
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: 
    SBP < 140 -
Hemorrhage: SBP ... hours after TPA: SBP ... (SBP>70-90, MAP ... Age 50-69: SBP ... Age <50, 70+: SBP
Mean arterial pressure (MAP)

A common method used to estimate the MAP is the following formula:
* MAP
MAP = DP + 1/3(SP ... blood pressure, SP ... meanarterialpressure #pulsepressure ... #sbp #dbp #perfusion
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction ... lumen Complete obstructions ... Incomplete obstructions ... ) #bowel #obstruction ... #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Blood pressure management in acute ischemic stroke - Timeline
Candidate for tPA:
 - Goal SBP <185 AND
for tPA: - Goal SBP ... <185 AND DBP <110 ... Hypertension: Goal SBP ... <220 AND DBP <120
Blood Pressure Targets in Hypertensive Crisis

Timeline:
1 hour: ↓ MAP by 25%, Maintain DBP ≥ 100 mmHg
2-6
25%, Maintain DBP ... Titrate To Goal SBP ... 160 mmHg & DBP ... hours: Maintain SBP ... <160 mmHg & DBP
Secondary Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) 
 #Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm #SSBP #SpontaneousBacterialPeritonitis #Secondary #Peritonitis #BMJ
Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP ... Management #Algorithm #SSBP
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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Guidelines as SBP ... weeks gestation, SBP ... weeks gestation: SBP ... 4 hrs apart or SBP ... Severe Features: SBP
Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)

Average arterial pressure throughout one cardiac cycle, systole, and diastole. 
Surrogate indicator of
+ 1/3(SBPDBP ... mm Hg, MAP = SBP ... 3 MAP = 1/3 (SBP ... – DBP) + DBP = ... dromotropy #lusitropy #Pulsepressure
Football Appearance of SBO on POCUS

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#SBO #POCUS #ultrasound #clinical #small #bowel #obstruction
Appearance of SBO ... Herbst @EUSmkh #SBO ... #small #bowel #obstruction
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
and Large Bowel Obstruction ... #Large #Bowel #Obstruction ... #SBO #Differential