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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hypoxemia - Workup and Management ... Bronchospasm: Solu-Medrol ... Anaphylaxis: 1M Epi, ± Solu-Medrol ... Workup #diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Asymptomatic Bacteriuria - IDSA Indications for Treatment
Healthy non-pregnant women - NO
Healthy pregnant women - YES
Functionally impaired
Indications for Treatment ... Patients with a solid ... #Indications #Treatment ... #management #UTI
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Malignant hemopathies, solid ... Disease #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
<8 mm), larger solid ... ground-glass and solid ... The treatment of ... Management options ... Part-solid pulmonary
Tumor Lysis Syndrome
An acute, life-threatening condition that appears within 7 days of starting cytotoxic therapies in
spontaneously (before any treatments ... ALL and AML) and solid ... malignancies Treatments ... TLS #oncology #management
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) Summary
Pathogen: Larval stage of Taenia solium
Infection: Ingesting undercooked pork containing cysticerci in muscle tissue.
stage of Taenia solium ... Orbital/Ocular Treatment ... diagnosis #Taenia #solium ... #management #microbiology
Diagnosis and Management of Achalasia - ACG Guidelines

Who to suspect?
 • Patients presenting with progressive dysphagia
Diagnosis and Management ... progressive dysphagia to solids ... POEM Symptomatic Treatment ... Achalasia #Diagnosis #Management ... gastroenterology #Treatemtn
Dysphagia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Symptom | Diagnosis
• Solid-food dysphagia present for months to years | Mechanical
| Diagnosis • Solid-food ... Progressively increasing solid-food ... size increase • Solid ... disorder → EGD Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
intravascular B-LNH), solid ... Unknown cause Treatment ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #summary
ECG Changes in Hyperkalemia and Treatment
Membrane Stabilization
 - Calcium gluconate or chloride 
Redistribution
 - Insulin
Hyperkalemia and Treatment ... Albuterol - Sodium ... Furosemide - Sodium ... #Hyperkalemia #Treatment ... #Management #Diagnosis