Fatal complications of the flu
Medgeeks with Andrew Reid
Medgeeks
4.8 • 997 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2018
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Todays lecture, builds on last weeks video, after discussing those at high risk for complications of the flue.
Today, you'll learn:
- about post influenza asthenia
- how to remember possible complications using the mnemonic "crocs"
- signs and symptoms of complications to help diagnose
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Todays lecture, builds on last weeks video, after discussing those at high risk for complications of the flue.
Today, you'll learn:
- about post influenza asthenia
- how to remember possible complications using the mnemonic "crocs"
- signs and symptoms of complications to help diagnose
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| 0:00.0 | What's up guys? So if you've been listening to the podcast or the YouTube videos, |
| 0:03.1 | then you've probably heard our latest lecture on influenza. |
| 0:05.6 | Last week we talked about how these patients will present, what imaging studies and |
| 0:08.9 | lab tests to consider ordering, and how do we treat these patients? So today we're going to be building |
| 0:13.2 | on last week's lecture and continuing to talk about influenza. So if you |
| 0:16.4 | happen to miss last week's lecture, go ahead and make sure you listen to that first |
| 0:19.5 | before you listen to today's. So if you remember from last week we spoke about what |
| 0:23.4 | some set of patients are considered to be at higher risk for complications |
| 0:27.1 | secondary to influenza and we came up with a mnemonic season of influenza to help |
| 0:32.1 | us to remember these individuals who are considered to be at |
| 0:34.4 | higher risk. However, in today's lecture, we're going to be talking about just what complications |
| 0:39.2 | can occur. Briefly, let's go over the demonic once again season of influenza to refresh your memory |
| 0:44.4 | however keep in mind it is explained in more detail in the prior podcast in |
| 0:48.1 | YouTube video the first S stands for simply being pregnant e stands for |
| 0:52.0 | endocrine such as the poorly controlled diabetic, |
| 0:54.6 | A stands for adults, greater than or equal to 65 years of age, S stands for sickle cell, |
| 0:59.9 | O stands for obesity with a BMI greater than 40, N stands for nursing home |
| 1:04.0 | residents, and the of is silent in the mnemonic season of influenza, and it stands for |
| 1:08.8 | nothing. The I stands for immune of suppression, N stands for Native American and Alaska natives. |
| 1:14.4 | F stands for filthy old cardiovascular disease, |
| 1:17.1 | such as the patient who has congestive heart failure |
| 1:19.3 | and they already have three to four pillow orthopne at night |
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