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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS Echocardiogram

Patient is in shock. POCUS RUSH exam shows the shock is cardiogenic.
Patient is in shock ... exam shows the shock ... BrokenHeart #Syndrome #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #A4c #Ultrasound
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 #
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... Vascular tone): • Sepsis ... uw_IMresidency #Shock ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #table
Hyperglycemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Diabetes Mellitus:
 • Impaired Glucose Tolerance
 • Type I Diabetes
 • Type
Hyperglycemia - Differential ... agonists • Others Critical ... Surgery, Burns, Sepsis ... ) • Shock • ... #HighGlucose #Differential
UNDIFFERENTIATED SHOCK

1. Echo is a powerful differentiator 
2. Echo ALL shock patients!
Sam Ghali @EM_RESUS
#Clinical #POCUS #Echocardiogram
UNDIFFERENTIATED SHOCK ... Ghali @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Differential # ... Table #Undifferentiated
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Elevated Troponin Differential ... Pre-Coronarv): Shock ... Post-Coronarv): Stress (ie Sepsis-induced ... Occlusion • Stable ... Elevated #Troponin #Differential
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
Undifferentiated Shock ... OnePager Summary Shock ... Obstruction (HOCM, critical ... DISTRIBUTIVE: Sepsis ... #diagnosis #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... of hypotension Shock ... death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... of hypotension Shock ... death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... #criticalcare #differential
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... reflection on the differential ... intra-abdominal sepsis ... portal #venousgas #ultrasound ... #liver #pocus #clinical