Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds
Azithromycin: Use it for traveler’s diarrhea in South and Southeast Asia where Campylobacter is highly resistant to quinolones. Ciprofloxacin: It is recommended for travel to South and Central America and to Africa. Loperamide: May be used to as sole therapy for...
Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, HEMATOLOGY-ONCOLOGY, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds
Definition: Hgb <13.5 in men or <12.0 in women. H&P performed. S/sx of anemia assessed. Initial labs for all pts: CBC w/ diff, reticulocyte count, and peripheral blood smear to help classify the anemia in microcytic (MCV <80), normocytic(MCV 80-100), and...
Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Peds, MNEMONICS, Rheumatology and Immunology
CRASH & Burn the heart Imagine a 5 month to 5-year-old child riding a Kawasaki motorcycle. He is using his hands and feet to do it. He has been riding and burning for 5 days and is going to CRASH and burn his heart. Typical (Complete) Kawasaki The diagnostic...
Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds, MUSCULOSKELETAL
Background Common Mechanism of Injury: Fall on a hyperextended wrist and a pronated and radially deviated hand. Diagnosis H&P Presentation: Pain in the anatomic snuffbox. X-rays: PA, lateral oblique, and ulnar deviated views. NB: XR can miss nondisplaced...
2nd INPATIENT, Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds
The preoperative history and physical exam have been performed (above) and the risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) is estimated below. That risk depends on 1) the risk of the proposed surgery and 2) the patient’s risk and functional capacity. Risk...
