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Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's work ... the patient's diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #BiPAP #BiLevel ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
How do you work ... Cardioembolic: • ECG ... #stroke #workup ... #diagnosis #checklist ... #neurology
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Polyuria scheme) e.g ... mannitol, glucosuria Low ... • Decreased level ... Hypernatremia #Nephrology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
- Infectious workup ... or TSH level if ... Consider early HFNC ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... heme (bleeding), CV ... levels: realllly low ... you’ll do a good workup ... #Algorithm #workup
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
reabsorption) Workup ... heparinized tube) • ECG ... only if no clear cause ... acidosis) • Low ... Treatment #potassium #nephrology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
mental status and low ... ECG is vital while ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
hormones that work ... both conditions, low ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare