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Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Stephen DeVries, PA-C @SDeVriesPAC

#Heart #Transplant #Donor #thoracic #surgery #CTS
Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #Transportation ... #OCS #organ
Legionnaire's Disease - Extrapulmonary organ involvement: CNS: Mental confusion, encephalopathic, headache. Cardiac: Relative bradycardia. GI: Loose
Extrapulmonary organ ... involvement: CNS ... Cardiac: Relative ... insufficiency #Diagnosis ... Legionnaires #Legionella #Algorithm
Beating donor heart transplant 

A heart I transplanted recently on the Organ Care System. Amazing technology
recently on the Organ ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #cardiac #Transportation ... #OCS #organ
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... SBP > 40 - End-organ ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... Losses, Third Spacing ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
• Prior GEJ surgery ... Fundoplication, Bariatric surgery ... Disorders of Gut-Brain ... Bloating #Management #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Treatment
Heart Transplant Transportation - Organ Care System (OCS)

Vandy Perfusion and Donor Recovery team travel over 4000
Transportation - Organ ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #Transportation
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm and Management ... AVM, Aneurysm, Brain ... Atherosclerosis • Embolic: Cardiac ... #neurology #treatment
Summary of actions of some Cholinergic Agonists

Bethanechol 
• Used in treatment of urinary retention 
• Binds
Bethanechol • Used in treatment ... during ocular surgery ... and cardiac effects ... Edrophonium • Used for diagnosis ... in ophthalmic surgery
Donor Heart Awaiting Transplant

Reanimated human heart from a DCD donor. 20min of no cardiac function before
donor. 20min of no cardiac ... Donor #thoracic #surgery ... #CTS #clinical ... #video #beating ... #cardiac #organ
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... and Signs: 50% pts ... changes, and other organ ... of anesthesia, surgery ... management and then surgery