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Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction: Management Principles

General Therapeutic Principles:
Reduce the congestive state 
 - Caution
Ejection Fraction: Management ... - May mimic HF as ... hypertension, pulmonary ... ineffective) #Management ... #Cardiology #HFpEF
Differential diagnosis of Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis. 
On the left multiple diseases showing septal thickening:
1. Lymphangitic carcinomatosis: irregular
Cardiogenic pulmonary ... glass attenuation as ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... #Differential #Comparison
Cavities frequently arise within a mass or an area of consolidation as a result of necrosis.
We
consolidation as ... heal and end up as ... without associated pulmonary ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Cyst #Emphysema #Comparison
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Management during ... Management during ... defibrillator as ... #cardiology #treatment
Altitude Sickness: Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS), High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema
Mountain Sickness (AMS ... High Altitude Pulmonary ... Sickness #Mountain #AMS ... HAPE #Diagnosis #Management ... #Elevation #Comparison
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Failure (ADHF) as ... diagnosis but rather as ... with presence of pulmonary ... differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... dependent DM ACS ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... medical and surgical management
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
: Measures CVP as ... Pulmonary Artery ... • PULMONARY A ... #criticalcare #comparison ... #challenges #management
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
visible, such as ... redistribution of pulmonary ... that helpful, but comparison ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Exacerbation #Comparison
It can be difficult to distinguish these three entities.
There are two diagnostic hints for further differentiation:
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the 'black' lung as ... bronchiolitis or chronic pulmonary ... right with the pulmonary ... penicillamine) #Clinical #Radiology ... #Attenuation #Comparison