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Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... for example, in sepsis ... shock is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... organ dysfunction caused ... Clinical construct ... recognition and treatment ... #QSOFA #SIRS #criticalcare
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... sequestration and activation ... without other cause ... : 33% • Treatment ... : No • Treatment
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Treatment depends ... anaesthesia • Sepsis ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Causes #Anesthesiology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... of lactate as a clinical ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... brucellosis) • Sepsis ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
history of trauma, sepsis ... organ damage Clinical ... Treat primary cause ... #treatment #management ... #hematology
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... Obstruction (HOCM, critical ... DISTRIBUTIVE: Sepsis ... Shock #diagnosis #differential ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential # ... causes #classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential # ... causes #classification