10 results
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
include chest pain ... pre-existing history or risk ... Inform theatre team ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Leg Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Bone/Joint Causes of Leg Pain:
 • Fracture
 • Arthritis
 • Gout/pseudogout
Diagnosis Framework ... injury • DVT (Risks ... - Prolonged capillary ... #differential #diagnosis ... lower #extremity #msk
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
, abdominal pain ... of pulmonary edema ... month at least 1 year ... leak #syndrome #diagnosis ... timeline #treatment #rheumatology
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
inform theatre team ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Approach to Joint Pain ... e.g., meniscal tears ... #MSK #rheumatology ... #approach #workup ... #differential #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... days before Pulmonary ... stratification #diagnosis
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... circulation = risk ... you’ll do a good workup ... #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
effusion, INC risk ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... Malignancy Risk ... Symptomatic: artificial tears ... Sjogrens #Syndrome #Rheumatology
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
inflammatory response Risk ... swelling, significant pain ... 2 attacks in a year ... drug failure • Risk ... management #treatment #rheumatology
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
atypical chest pain ... WBCs are usually near-normal ... • Treatment algorithms ... appropriate only for low risk ... patients with no CV risk