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RV Strain in Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

A patient is brought by EMS intubated and hypotensive.
Embolism on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... your next step in management ... In the setting of ... ultrasound #DSign #AcutePE
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Presence of pulmonary ... thromboembolism) 1) ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... Effect: PATENT-1 ... #diagnosis #management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... on context Rx 1 ... drained if causing acute ... hypertension Rx ... treatment for acute
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... Torsemide) • Acute ... pulmonary edema ... Inhibitors of the ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
PRES Diagnosis: 1. ... Neurological symptoms: Acute ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Double Shunt on Echocardiogram
What do you see on this saline contrast study, in a patient with
What do you see ... liver disease and pulmonary ... hypertension? ... 1. ... #clinical #pocus
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Disease: • Pulmonary ... (91%): Acute / ... focus of osteomyelitis ... Diagnosis: 1) ... Blastomycosis #diagnosis #management
Nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) may be performed by either single-photon emission CT (SPECT) or positron
significantly worse on echocardiogram ... Acute pulmonary ... embolism Acute ... hypertension The ... or greater than 1
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• A form of acute ... • Occurs in ~1 ... : - Haiti (1 ... Risk Factors: • Hypertensive ... recognition and management