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Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Shock - Differential ... Low JVP • Sepsis ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Pericardial Tamponade ... in a Shock Patient ... @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... exacerbation (any cause ... pulmonary embolism - Pericardial ... tamponade - Tension ... #Differential #
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
Tachypnea - Differential ... Cardiac ischemia • Pericardial ... effusion/Tamponade ... • Hypovolemic shock ... Temperature/FEVER • Sepsis
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
 •
Differential Diagnosis ... Distributive: • Sepsis ... Obstructive: • Cardiac tamponade ... #Hypotension #Differential ... #causes
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Shock can be caused ... for example, in sepsis ... The cause of shock ... is often clinically ... #Differential #
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Hypotensive Patient - Differential ... Pulmonary embolism • Pericardial ... tamponade • Tension ... Afterload: • Sepsis ... #diagnosis #causes
Constrictive Pericarditis on POCUS Echocardiogram - Apical 3-Chamber View

Young Lupus patient admitted to hospital new onset
could pinpoint the cause ... Also has pericardial ... effusion/pericardial ... can be seen in tamponade ... #clinical #cardiology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... tension PTX, cardiac tamponade ... findings based on cause ... Vascular tone): • Sepsis ... #Differential #
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Hyperglycemia - Differential ... agonists • Others Critical ... Surgery, Burns, Sepsis ... ) • Shock • ... endocrinology #causes