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Modified Valsalva Maneuver Insturctions

- 43% vs 17% response compared to the standard valsalva maneuver

Per ACLS and
Modified Valsalva ... , such as Valsalva ... Lastly, sit the ... to treat of 3 #Management ... Protocol #Procedure #SVT
Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management

Regular SVT: Sinus Tachycardia, AVNRT, AVRT, Atrial Flutter,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Management ... : Modified Valsalva ... Maneuver: 1) Obtain ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Cardiac Auscultation Maneuvers for Murmurs
Maneuvers result in INCREASED murmur:
 • Inspiration - Right-sided
 • Valsalva -
Cardiac Auscultation ... Maneuvers result ... Right-sided • Valsalva ... #Murmurs #Cardiac ... #physicalexam #diagnosis
Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: Heart Murmur
 • Occurs during systole 
 • Crescendo-decrescendo murmur
 • Heard best
return (standinq, Valsalva ... manoeuvre, dehydration ... Heart #Murmur #Cardiac ... #Cardiology #Diagnosis
Modified Valsalva Maneuver Instructions PocketCard

1) Position patient with legs flat and head of bed to 45°
2)
Modified Valsalva ... Maneuver Instructions ... 4/abstract #Management ... #Maneuver #REVERT ... #Instructions #SVT
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
- Differential Diagnosis ... Palpitations Diagnosis ... muscle twitching CARDIAC ... Nonarrhythmic Cardiac ... or other vagal maneuvers
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Manage chronic cardiac ... block, Aberrancy, VT ... #Myocarditis #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Algorithm for Suspected SVC Syndrome

SVC syndrome suspected: Facial/arm/neck edema, distended neck/chest veins, facial plethora, dyspnea, cough,
for Suspected SVC ... Syndrome SVC ... or diminished cardiac ... Syndrome #Algorithm #diagnosis ... #management #vascular
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... High CO / Low SVR ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... algorithm #treatment #management
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
unexplained loss of cardiac ... Volume loading and Valsalva ... manoeuvre may help ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup