CONTENTS Rapid Reference: treatment for severe hyperkalemia 🚀 Diagnosis of hyperkalemia Severity & risk stratification Causes of hyperkalemia Treatment: Moderate hyperkalemia Treatment of severe hyperkalemia Temporizing measures Volume expansion with isotonic bicarbonate Potassium elimination Sodium zirconium cyclosilicate Podcast Questions & discussion Pitfalls volume resuscitation if hypovolemic Bicarb <22 mM ➡️ use isotonic bicarbonate. 💉 Bicarb […]
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Asthma
CONTENTS Symptoms & asthma assessment Asthma phenotypes T2-high (IL4, IL5, IL13, Eos) Allergic phenotype, aka atopic asthma Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) T2-low Non-eosinophilic asthma, aka intrinsic asthma Obesity-related asthma Diagnostic tests Physical examination Laboratory studies Exhaled nitric oxide Peak Flow meter Pulmonary function tests Radiology Diagnosis Diagnosis of asthma Asthma versus COPD? ➡️ Diagnostic considerations […]
Acute Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
CONTENTS Rapid Reference 🚀 Pathophysiology Symptoms Lab studies Causes Differential diagnosis Diagnostic criteria Sepsis-Induced Coagulopathy (SIC) Management Podcast Questions & discussion Pitfalls sepsis induced coagulopathy (SIC): ISTH DIC score: general concept of DIC Normally, clots form locally at sites of vascular damage. These clots are subsequently degraded after tissue damage is repaired. The processes of […]
Eosinophilic lung diseases
CONTENTS Eosinophilic lung disease Approach to eosinophilic lung disease Understanding blood eosinophil count Acute critical illness Chronic systemic steroid Asthma or COPD Causes of eosinophilia Atopic Medications Infection Neoplastic & paraneoplastic Bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophilia IgE level Specific diseases DRESS syndrome AEP (acute eosinophilic pneumonia) CEP (chronic eosinophilic pneumonia) ABPA (allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis […]
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis (HP)
CONTENTS Basics Epidemiology Causative agents History Symptoms Laboratory evaluation Thoracic radiology Acute HP Nonfibrotic (subacute) HP Fibrotic HP Bronchoscopy Lung biopsy Differential diagnosis Diagnostic approach Treatment Questions & discussion abbreviations used in the pulmonary section: 1 ABPA: Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis 📖 AE-ILD: Acute exacerbation of ILD 📖 AEP: Acute eosinophilic pneumonia 📖 AFB: Acid Fast […]
Post-MI complications
CONTENTS Approach to the deteriorating post-MI patient Re-infarction Post-MI pericarditis Bleeding & clotting: Retroperitoneal hematoma Left ventricular thrombus Mechanical complications Mitral valve chordae tendinae rupture Ventricular septal defect (VSD) Ventricular free wall rupture Tachyarrhythmia Atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter Ventricular arrhythmias PVCs Nonsustained VT Sustained monomorphic VT Polymorphic VT AIVR (accelerated idioventricular rhythm) Sinus tachycardia […]
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
CONTENTS Basics Epidemiology Clinical presentation Laboratory studies Radiology IPF vs. NSIP (nonspecific interstitial pneumonia) ➡️ Bronchoscopy Biopsy (surgical vs. cryobiopsy) Differential diagnosis Approach to diagnosis Treatment Antifibrotic therapy Pirfenidone Nintedanib Management of pulmonary hypertension Transplantation ➡️ Prognosis Other related topics: Combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) Short telomere syndromes Progressive pulmonary fibrosis (PPF) Questions & […]
Nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM)
CONTENTS Basics Epidemiology Clinical manifestations Fibrocavitary disease Nodular bronchiectatic disease (Lady Windermere syndrome) NTM in cystic fibrosis NTM in non-CF (cystic fibrosis) bronchiectasis Disseminated Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) Hypersensitivity pneumonitis due to NTM Diagnosis Significance of positive culture Relative pathogenicity of different species Diagnostic criteria Decision to treat Treatment Treatment overview Antibiotic regimens for various […]
Unfractionated heparin (UFH), LMWH, fondaparinux, argatroban, and bivalirudin
CONTENTS Overview of indirect-acting anticoagulants (heparin & fondaparinux) Risk assessment Basic science – how these agents work Choice of agent Protamine for reversal of unfractionated or low molecular-weight heparin Unfractionated heparin (UFH) Dosing and monitoring of unfractionated heparin Heparin resistance Management Pseudo-heparin resistance Low molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) Various LMWH agents & dosing Enoxaparin dosing & […]
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