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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
& Cardiogenic Shock ... Lactate, Liver function ... — Optimize the volume ... suggests total body volume ... #Checklist #CHF
Pulmonary Function Test (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Approach to PFTs:
1) Look at Flow-Volume Loop if available
2) FEV1/FVC <
Pulmonary Function ... Test (PFT) Interpretation ... Algorithm Approach ... ) Look at Flow-Volume ... #Function #Test
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
data regarding pulmonary ... produces small volume ... indicate: - Shock ... output state - Pulmonary ... #interpretation
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... kidneys where excess volume ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #differential #algorithm ... #heartfailure #chf