Anticoagulation length after VTE

Q: How long should a patient be anticoagulated after a VTE? To answer this question, you need to ask yourself: Was this a provoked or unprovoked VTE? Was this the first time or is this a recurrent VTE? What is the patient’s bleeding risk? What are the risk...

Alcoholic Ketoacidosis

#Alcoholic Ketoacidosis #Alcohol withdrawal #Alcohol Abuse #Hyperkalemia -Pathophysiology of Alcoholic Ketoacidosis reviewed. Alcoholic patient with a 2-day history of abd. pain, n/v, who has bee binge drinking and hasn’t eaten in days. Labs show a high anion...