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Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... Initiate judicious infusion ... of poor organ perfusion ... #Shock #Management ... #CriticalCare
Priority-based management algorithm for the undifferentiated patient in PEA arrest
PEA (no pulse by manual palp +
Priority-based management ... Start vasopressor infusion ... electrical #activity #management ... #criticalcare
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Pericarditis on Echocardiogram ... pedal edema, and clear ... transthoracic echocardiogram ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... #Pericarditis #Echocardiogram
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
draining pleural effusions ... Algorithm #Extubation #CriticalCare ... #Management
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hypoxemia - Workup and Management ... CXR, CTA Chest, Echocardiogram ... Workup #diagnosis #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
American College of Critical Care Medicine algorithm for time-sensitive, goal-directed stepwise management of hemodynamic support in
goal-directed stepwise management ... maintain normal perfusion ... Shock #Algorithm #CriticalCare ... Pediatrics #Sepsis #Management
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
increases coronary perfusion ... coronary artery perfusion ... Pump #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
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 ... followed by 90mg iv infusion ... Embolism #POCUS #Echocardiogram
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
Framework and Management ... Unstable Bradycardia Management ... epinephrine & start infusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Pericardial Effusion on POCUS Echocardiogram

Parasternal short axis with moderate pericardial effusion. No clear evidence of tamponade.

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Pericardial Effusion ... on POCUS Echocardiogram ... No clear evidence ... #Pericardial #Effusion ... #Echocardiogram