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What is the difference between ischemic colitis and mesenteric ischemia?
A common misnomer. Mesenteric ischemia and ischemic
What is the difference ... while completely different ... initial treatment algorithms ... mesentericischemia #comparison ... #differences #diagnosis
What's in a Blood Gas? VBG vs ABG

BOTTOM LINE: VBG is less painful, more easily obtained
Diagnosis #ABG #VBG #Differences ... #Versus #Comparison ... Studies #Conversion #Correlation
ABG vs VBG: Arterial vs Venous Blood Gases

ABG
PROS: Tells you exactly what the arterial environment looks
VBG: Arterial vs Venous ... VBG #Laboratory #Correlation ... #Comparison #pH ... pCO2 #Diagnosis #Differences
Morphological Criteria for Discriminating Ventricular Tachycardia from Supraventricular Tachycardia with Aberration

Source Article: Wide Complex Tachycardia –
Electrocardiogram #VTach #SVT #Differences ... #Comparison #Brugada ... #Algorithm
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
symptoms, and spirometry ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Overlap #FirstLine #Differences ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Hypoxia vs Hypoxemia - Know the difference
 • Hypoxia - Underoxygenation of organs, tissues, and cells
Hypoxemia - Know the difference ... arterial and or venous ... hypoxia #hypoxemia #comparison ... #diagnosis #versus
Resolution: this patient has a splinter. While foreign bodies tend to generally be hyperechoic, metallic foreign
POCUS #Splinter #Versus ... #Needle #Comparison ... Differentiation #Difference
Isolation vs Quarantine - What's the Difference?
Isolation:
 • Used for: People with confirmed or suspected COVID-19
Quarantine - What's the Difference ... could have the virus ... Isolation #Quarantine #comparison ... #indications #Difference ... coronavirus #covid19 #management
A prospective randomized, double-dummy trial comparing IV push low dose ketamine to short infusion of low
sedation with no difference ... Infusion #Ketamine #Comparison ... #Versus #VisualAbstract ... #Management #Pain
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6th ED
ICU-card
«ICU, Formulas & Drugs»
HEMODYNAMIC PATTERNS
Condition
SAP
CVP

PAP PCWP

CO C(a-v)02 PVR

SVR
Hypovolemic shock
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Cardiogenic shock
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Septic shock
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Cardiac Tamponade
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RV
Q-T interval correction ... mL/dL mixed venous ... Oxygen Content Difference ... , arterial-venous ... 35-45 % mixed venous