Case conf Flashcards
HypoK pearls
HyperK widens QRS
HypoK prolongs QT (flattens T/ Biphasic T or U)
Give mag with it, give more than you think (100 for .3)
DC patient if QT is under 500, K 3.0 or higher, and not N/v (fix underlying) so they can swallow K replacement
top peds rashes to think about
SSSS
SJS
Kawaski
Scarlet fever
Super deep laceration repair
Close th emeat, jsut get it close and put a word catheter in and have them follow up in a week to repair again
msucle will tear- fidn the fascia
peds arrest pearls
Calcium glcuonate 100 mg/kg
calcium chlride 20 mg/kg
Bicarb 2meq/kg
blood 10 cc/kg
epi .01 mg/kg
2j/kg shock (2J showed better than 4 J)
Complete white out of 1 lung DDX and approach
- Trachea pulled toward white lung
- Atelectasis
- L/R main stem
- Pnuemonectomy - Teachea away
- HTX
- PLeural effusion
- Diaphram injury - Trachea midline
- Aspiration
- COnsilidation
- Pulem edema, ARDS, TRALI
put the good lung down with gravity UNLESS! lots of pus and blood then good lung up so no blood or pus cna drain into good lung
Ddx for SInus tach
Vitals: hypocxia SHock, fever
Chest pain: PE, Tmaponade, ACS, peri, myocard
Endocrine: Thyrotixcosis, pheo
Autonomic: Stimnulants/drugs/ withdrawal
Other: pain, anxiety
Hyperthyroid scale?
Tx?
Birch wortofsky
Steroids 300 mg IV hyrdocortisone
20 mg propanolol or esmlol (Unless they have CHF! listne to lungs)
MEthimazole
wait 1 hour then
potassium iodide
Causes: same 5 Is for DKA
When you see ST changes in lead AVL look to which lead ext?
lead 3- direct oppositie of it
Upright T waves in lead v1- good or bad?
bad
Anisoicira DDx
Brain- herniation/bleed Eye- Cn3 or gluaocma Trauma (iritis) recent surgery or iris irritation Drugs- anticholinergic or sympathomimetic (flower or cocaine snoorting or nebz arolsiolzed, scop patch)
pilocaprine challenge
Stays dilated- Rx mediated
constircts= oculomotor nerve palsy
2 of 3 tings needed ot make pancreaitits dx
lipase 3x nromla limit
tendenr belly
CT imaging
Order LDH for inpatinet or TG3
insulin drips may be needed
can send home if stable
think abuot necrosis, thrombosis, pseudocyst
Hypothermia Tx
COntinuous core temp
Abx, synthrid, steorids (adrenal insufficiency)
Bair hugger, blankets
Warm IV fluids (take awhiel and not perfect)
Heated humidifed air!!!!
ECMO or CRRT can be used too- you want to get to at least 32 degrees celsius
check for pH, K
high dose thiamine for possible wernickes
PALS one ventilation every 6 or 4 seconds in kids?
6
Valproate symptom, reaosn and tx
ataxia, AMS
Ammonia too high
L-canrintie
cold damp, hot dog fish lloking toes with painful lesions?
chillblains or pernio- Warm and maybe CCB
Define acute chest and what is TX?
Adequate and immediate pain control
●Fluid management to prevent hypovolemia
●Supplementary oxygen and incentive spirometry
●Blood transfusion
●Antibiotics
●Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis
new radiodensity on chest radiograph accompanied by fever and/or respiratory symptoms
think about PE, ACS PNA
DEEP intverted t waves
3 causes non cardiac
5 cardiac
HypoK, ICP elevated, PE
Cardiac: ischemia, Pericaditis, myocarditis, Takosubo, HOCM
treating ethylene glycol, 5 txs?
- Fomeipozle 15 mg/kg loading dose and then 10 mg/kg q 12 hr
- 100 mg IV thiamine and B6
- correct acidosis with bicarb drip
- HD if ph <7.3, EG levels >50 or 300 after formpeizole given, AKI
- call position control
What is your STEMI criteria
1 mm in all leads
V2 and V3:
Females: 1 mm
Males >40 2.5 mm
Males <40 2.0 mm
What mneunomic do you use for Reciprocal changes?
PAILS
Remember in inferior MI your RCA supplies posterior decsning too so youget posterior MI changes