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Operationalization of New Sepsis and Septic Shock Criteria #Diagnosis #Management #EM #IM #QSofa #Score #Sepsis #SepticShock
Sepsis and Septic Shock ... Criteria #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #QSofa #Score ... #SepticShock #Algorithm
A good approach when dealing with hypotension at the bedside includes using the following systematic four
when dealing with hypotension ... Vascular Resistance #Diagnosis ... #Management #EM ... #IM #PCC #Hypotensive ... #Algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Diagnosis Framework ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... #criticalcare #algorithm ... #treatment #management
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... Summary • Hypotension ... Anaphylactic >> IM ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #criticalcare #treatment
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
class (30-day all ... Stable, Transient Hypotension ... , Shock) Excerpted ... prognostication #diagnosis ... #management #stratification
Hyperviscosity Syndrome - Causes and Treatment

 - Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia (most common) / Plasmapheresis 
 - Multiple
Hyperviscosity Syndrome ... hyperleukocytosis (AML ... - MH/CCF/CWRU EM ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Treatment #Management
Streptococcal Toxic Shock Syndrome (STSS)
Complication of invasive GAS disease characterized by shock & MOF → occurs
Syndrome (STSS) ... • Early onset hypotension ... #Syndrome #STSS ... #treatment #management ... #diagnosis
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
- Management Checklist ... hypertension Rx ... 20 mg q6hr) - Hypotension ... Revascularization, treatment ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
- Remove all ... injury or after IM ... • Diagnosis: ... by bradycardia, hypotension ... #management #treatment
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
initially include hypotension ... essential to determine treatment ... CCB, BB, BRASH syndrome ... Cardiac Tamponade, Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential