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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
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Diagnosis and Management ... Setup - Ultrasound ... Shock #Diagnosis #Management ... #Summary #criticalcare ... #treatment #workup
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
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
narrowing) • Ultrasound ... exam and imaging Treatment ... Arthritis #diagnosis #management ... #rheumatology
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