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Evaluation of Electrical Injury in the Emergency Department 

Common Injuries by System:

CNS - Seizure, coma, spinal
of Electrical Injury ... coma, spinal cord injury ... dislocations (posterior shoulder ... compartment syndrome ... Management #Emergency #Algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #algorithm #treatment
Causes of Growth Discrepancy: Large for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Maternal Factors:
 • Multiparity
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Complications: • Shoulder ... dystocia • Birth injury ... brachial plexus injury ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
Short Stature - ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Turner Syndrome ... Panhypopituitarism Treatment ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Defining the cause of hypokalemia starts by measuring urinary K
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... of hypokalemia starts ... Clinicians should ... , Gitelman's syndrome ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Overview of approach to brain death

Pursuing a diagnosis of brain death too early may lead to
to the patient should ... death evaluation should ... a mechanism of injury ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... BrainDeath #Dead #Algorithm
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... inflammatory lung injury ... heart failure should ... cardiogram) should ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
Hepatitis - Management Algorithm ... only increase short-term ... Steroid response should ... Hepatitis #Management #Algorithm ... #treatment #hepatology
Mechanisms of Pain
Mixed - Nociceptive/Neuropathic
Nociceptive - Tissue Damage
 - Visceral - (From organ/cavity lining) Poorly localized,
Well-localized, sharp, short ... regional pain syndrome ... • Spinal injury ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Esophageal Necrosis
Etiology:
 - Ischemia and Gastric Outlet Obstruction with GERD may be inciting events
 - Associated
Stevens-Johnson syndrome ... severe topical injury ... Necrosis should ... third of esophagus Treatment ... : - Treatment of