Brian Locke

No longer clot in the vessels -> it is scar (hence, it has structure and can be removed by endarterectomy) Symptoms: Primarily dyspnea on...

Goals Fluid restrictions do not work and do not matter. In fact, they don't even make sense "Sodium ...

aka expiratory central airway collapse. Reference: https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(20)30258-5/fulltext Often co...

Basics: https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/full/10.34197/ats-scholar.2020-0077VO Variables: Sweep gas flow rate: controls CO2 Speed o...

What is the difference between osmolality and tonicity? What's an example of where they might differ? Osmolality = measure of numb...

Simple Pulmonary Eosinphilia (Loeffler's Syndrome) Illness Script Who does it occur in? Often have a his...

First conversation: introduce yourself and the team members. clarify when you will be available, or what othe...

VO2 = amount of oxygen consumed. CO = cardiac output Ca, Cv = content of O2 in the arterial circ...

Dimorphic Mold form and yeast form mold = cold (nature, 25-30c) Yeast in the beast (in organism, 37c) ...

Preference Stability In a retrospective cohort study of nonsurgical patients from the California patient discharge database fr...

Acute Promyelocytic Luekemia Often leukopenic (due to fragile cells) vs hyperleukocytosis in other AML, ...

DKA Sodium Abnormalities in DKA - AnnalsATS Acid Base Problems in DKA - NEJM Electrolyte Problems in DKA - NEJM H...

Extrinsic allergic alveolitis - to inhaled organic small particles. Recent guidelines: CHEST: https://journal.ch...

aka diffuse parenchymal lung diseases NEJM 2020 review: https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra2005230 [An Official American Thoracic ...

Chlorine gas https://www.atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1513/AnnalsATS.202006-689CC?journalCode=annalsats supportive car...

Procedure for Endotracheal intubation: sterile cockpit environment. More than 40% of adverse outcomes result from human factors. So...

In Sepsis When does the body make lactate? Glucose -> Glycolysis -> Pyruvate Pyruvate can then go to two paths: P...

When do you start pressors? Old school teaching: volume to fill the tank (3rd space losses, constriction might impair ci...

Indications Contraindicatoins Immunosuppresion 3 cell model = targets for immunosuppression Class 1 = vs nucle...

Trials NELSON Guidelines Mar 2021 USPSTF update -> age now 55->50 to 80; minimum pack years 30->20 ...