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Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
Rapid Response Team ... Orders placed, treatments ... Rapid #Response #Team ... #RRT #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
Approach to Gout
Diagnosis: r/o septic arthritis! Needle-shaped, negative birefringent crystals
Treatment:
 • Weight loss, diet, d/c culprit
Acute and chronic treatment ... 1) 2+ flares/year ... gout #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #ULT ... #rheumatology
Treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA)

1st Line Strategy - GC 0.7 mg/kg/day, except for:
 • Aortitis
Treatment of giant ... or SC for > 1 year ... arteritis #GCA #Treatment ... #Management #Relapses ... #Indications #rheumatology
Susac Syndrome - Clinical Triad
 - Central nervous system dysfunction
 - Branch retinal artery occlusion
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disease flares - 2-year ... arterioles - Treatment ... Triad #Diagnosis #Management ... #Rheumatology
Optic Neuritis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Epidemiology: Female (75%), 18-50 years,
caucasian
 • Symptoms: Moderate visual
Diagnosis and Management ... corticosteroids TREATMENT ... - Typical MS-like ... Neuritis #Diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #rheumatology
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
filter • N95 mask ... ECMO center or team ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare
Syphilis - Clinical Manifestations and Treatment

1) Primary Syphilis
 • Direct lesion contact during sex is responsible
ulcerated • MSK ... Early latent year ... Late latent >1 year ... stages #diagnosis #management ... #Treatment
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
Epley Maneuver for Treatment ... of the affected ear ... that the opposite ear ... paroxysmal #positional #vertigo ... #physicalexam #management
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Unknown cause Treatment ... Nicolas Taar ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #summary ... #rheumatology
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
in the US each year ... a five to ten-year ... without back pain at/near ... Transverse Myelitis Treatment ... Myelitis #diagnosis #management