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Pulmonary Vascular Resistance vs Systemic Vascular Resistance

#Pulmonary #Vascular #Resistance #Systemic #Comparison #pulmonaryhypertension #PHTN #pathophysiology #anesthesiology #anesthesia
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance ... Systemic Vascular Resistance ... Pulmonary #Vascular #Resistance ... anesthesiology #anesthesia #causes
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Causes of Secondary ... Renal ultrasound, Tests ... sodium loading test ... saline infusion test ... dexamethasone suppression test
Algorithm for the diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.
It is usually impractical to test and treat the many
impractical to test ... many possible causes ... In most cases, it ... pick specific tests
Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
Addison's Disease - Damage of the adrenal glands with lack of cortisol, androgens and
Tuberculosis: can cause ... clue • Blood tests ... ACTH stimulation test ... present - ACTH test ... DEXAMETHASONE - ACTH test
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... K), H. pylori test ... thyroid function test ... patients if the cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
POCUS Stewardship ... Indication → Pre-test ... Step 2: Pre-test ... Develop a pre-test ... assign a final post-test
Infographic of common causes of acute otitis media and resistance mechanisms of these bacteria. 
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Haemophilus
Infographic of common causes ... otitis media and resistance ... PenicillinBindingProtein #Resistance
String Test in Carbapenem-resistant hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae (CR-hvKP)
Hypermucoviscosity (HMV) phenotype is a known virulent factor of
String Test in Carbapenem-resistant ... positive string test ... Klebsiella #String #Test
HINTS Exam - Abnormal Head Impulse Test = Peripheral Cause

This video demonstrates:
1) Normal Head Impulse Test
Abnormal Head Impulse Test ... = Peripheral Cause ... Normal Head Impulse Test ... for a PERIPHERAL cause ... #HeadImpulse #Test
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
the screening test ... correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... the screening test ... it has a narrow focus