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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 #
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Hyperglycemia - Differential ... agonists • Others Critical ... Surgery, Burns, Sepsis ... ) • Shock • ... endocrinology #causes
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
and Management ... organ dysfunction caused ... infection SEPTIC SHOCK ... Patients w/ septic shock ... Clinical construct
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
UNDIFFERENTIATED SHOCK

1. Echo is a powerful differentiator 
2. Echo ALL shock patients!
Sam Ghali @EM_RESUS
#Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram
UNDIFFERENTIATED SHOCK ... Echo ALL shock patients ... Ghali @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Differential #
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... maintained fever CAUSES ... anaesthesia • Sepsis ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... intra-abdominal sepsis ... variety of other causes ... hepatology #liver #pocus ... #clinical #air
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
history of trauma, sepsis ... organ damage Clinical ... dysfunction (16%) • Shock ... Treat primary cause ... #treatment #management