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Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... Problem: ✖ Each year ... available lab test ... postoperative #DOAC #Perioperative ... #Management #Treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
the patient’s perioperative ... determine if stress test ... echo in the last year ... medical and surgical management ... #perioperative
Smoking Cessation Management
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT):
Long-Acting NRT:
 • Patch: Wear for 24 hours at a time.
Smoking Cessation Management ... NRT: • Patch: Wear ... nicotine patch for best ... Smoking #Cessation #Management ... #pharmacology #addition
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Diagnosis and Management ... person-years • 50-year ... consists of preoperative ... • Preoperative ... be started for additional
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... Tuberculin skin test ... (IGRA) • PPD (TST ... isoniazid for an additional ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
tuberculosis infections/year ... Tuberculin skin test ... (IGRA) • PPD (TST ... isoniazid for an additional ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Pectoralis Major Rupture Injury during Bench Press Exercise
CLINICAL: a rare injury patterns with typical sudden "tear/pop"
typical sudden "tear ... immobilization, rest ... Muscle belly tears ... Inferior to operative management ... with isokinetic adduction