CARDIOLOGY, Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, ECG, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds
Tachyarrhythmias Definition: Ventricular rate > 100. Based on QRS duration, they are divided into narrow-complex (QRS < 120 ms) or wide-complex (QRS >120 ms). There are further divided into regular or irregular rhythms. Mechanisms for tachyarrhythmias...
Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds
References Diagnosis and management of red eye in primary care. Am Fam Physician 2010;81(2):137-144. Goldman L, Schafer AI (eds): Goldman’s Cecil Medicine, ed 25. Elsevier Saunders, 2016, pp 2556-2568.
Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds
Antiemetic Drugs. “Dopamine antagonists, such as metoclopramide, block dopamine stimulation in the chemoreceptor trigger zone, thereby limiting emetic input to the medullary vomiting center (SOR C). SSRIs, such as ondansetron, also work in the chemoreceptor...
Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, OB/GYN
-Induce labor at 37 weeks and deliver. -If there is ever **Note according to the ACOG 2013 Guidelines, Gestational HTN and Preeclampsia without severe features are both managed and delivered at 37 weeks. It’s preeclampsia with severe features that require...
Clinic A/P, adults, Hospital A/P, Adults
-Suspect PCT in patients who present with blistering lesions on sun-exposed skin. -Risk Factors: Things that cause liver damage (e.g. as alcohol use and hepatitis C); also smoking, estrogen use, HIV infection, and HFE mutations. Initial diagnostic test: total serum,...
Clinic A/P, adults, Clinic A/P, Peds, Hospital A/P, Adults, Hospital A/P, Peds
Flow cytometry and immunophenotyping of peripheral blood is routinely required to establish a diagnosis of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. “Flow cytometry and immunophenotyping of peripheral blood demonstrate clonality of the circulating lymphocytes in chronic...
