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The Latest In Critical Care, 9/23/24 (#57)

PulmCCM

Daily duration of long-term oxygen therapy and risk of hospitalization in oxygen-dependent COPD patients. 2017 Jul 13;7(7):CD004104. 2017 Aug 31;50(2):1602426. 2016 Sep 20;11(9):e0163293. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163293. PMID: 27649490; PMCID: PMC5029935. Sundh J, Ahmadi Z, Ekström M. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis.

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An elderly male with acute altered mental status and huge ST Elevation

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

A man in his 90s with a history of HTN, CKD, COPD, and OSA presented to the emergency department after being found unresponsive at home. 2017 Sep-Oct;50(5):561-569. Epub 2017 Apr 19. Written by Bobby Nicholson What do you think of this “STEMI”? With EMS, patient had a GCS of 3 and was saturating 60% on room air. 2017.04.005.

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Episode 59 – HIV – An Interview With Dr. Daniel Egan

EB Medicine

2018 , 1,2 million people living with HIV, almost 40k new infections People living with HIV visit the ED 3 x per year on average HIV infected patients accounted for 6 in 1000 ED visits in 2017 New Transmission of HIV, Figure 1 What does acute infection look like ? Are people with HIV more likely to develop: CAD, COPD, DVT and why?

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SAEM Clinical Images Series: An Ultrasonographic Rabbit Hole

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An 86-year-old man with a past medical history of coronary artery disease, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, chronic kidney disease, COPD, choledocholithiasis requiring ERCP and sphincterotomy 2 years ago presented with five days of feeling unwell. Indian J Gastroenterol 36, 66–67 (2017). History was limited due to cognitive impairment.

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Chest discomfort and a dilated right ventricle. What's going on?

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

COPD, Idiopathic PAH, acute or chronic PE, pulmonary valve stenosis, etc) 3) Conditions affecting RV myocardial contractility, such as ARVD or RV infarction The ECGs does not really show any signs of chronic RV dilation or hypertrophy. 21, 2017 ). Any cause of pulmonary hypertension.

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A woman in her 20s with syncope

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

2017 Nov;35(4):525-537. seen on AP4 or SX view) = high sens, low spec Collapse/inversion of RA greater than 1/3 of cardiac cycle (increases specificity) Early diastolic inversion of RV free wall (can use M-mode in PSLA or PSSA to see this) = most specific. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2013 Sep;26(9):965-1012.e15. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.06.023.

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Diagnostics and Therapeutics: Managing Pneumothorax

Taming the SRU

It can be further divided into two types: primary--those that occur in generally healthy individuals without underlying lung disease, and secondary--those that occur in individuals with underlying lung disease such as COPD [1]. doi:10.1155/2017/6014967 Light RW. Published 2017 Sep 7. References Onuki T, Ueda S, Yamaoka M, et al.