Reading Time: 3 minutes The Pre-brief Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is an adverse drug reaction to heparin that places patients at increased risk for venous…
-
-
Reading Time: 4 minutes Case A 23-year-old woman (70 kg) struck by an automobile is admitted to the trauma ICU. She is found to…
-
Reading Time: 4 minutes Case A 64-year-old woman presented with an acute ischemic stroke and ultimately underwent M1 thrombectomy and right carotid stent deployment. She…
-
Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief In 2017-2018, 42.4% of US adults were obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m2), with 9.2% meeting criteria for severe obesity…
-
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Clostridioides difficile is a gram-positive anaerobic bacillus that produces spores as well as exotoxins, toxin A and toxin B.…
-
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Xylazine is FDA approved as a sedative with analgesic and muscle relaxing properties for veterinary use only. Exerts…
-
Reading Time: 3 minutes The Pre-brief Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent arrhythmia in the U.S., and it is estimated that 12.1 million…
-
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pre-brief From 2011-2014, Staphylococcus aureus was the second-most prevalent pathogen for all hospital-acquired infections. Most common organism implicated in…
-
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Procalcitonin (PCT) is a precursor hormone of calcitonin that is undetectable in healthy states but is upregulated by…
-
Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Propofol has become one of the most commonly used sedatives in critical care and anesthesia worldwide. Propofol is…