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Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
on scores and clinical ... PE-related) • PESI ... class (30-day all cause ... stratification #criticalcare
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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performed) • Clinical ... Cardiovascular MRI Clinical ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... block • Heart ... shock, sudden cardiac
Myocarditis - Diagnosis and Causes
 • Clinical presentation: Pseudo-acute coronary syndrome, Cardiac failure <3 rnonths, Cardiogenic
Clinical presentation ... coronary syndrome, Cardiac ... Troponin Increases, Cardiac ... pericarditis • Rule out differential ... #Myocarditis #differential
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... failure): • Severe heart ... findings based on cause ... uw_IMresidency #Shock #Differential ... table #comparison #criticalcare
Subjective Tinnitus: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Subjective Tinnitus - Perceived sound with no acoustic stimulus, heard only
Pathogenesis and clinical ... acoustic stimulus, heard ... refers to sound caused ... #Tinnitus #Causes ... pathophysiology #differential
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
most frequently caused ... interstitial edema due to cardiac ... heart failure. ... The other cause ... #Clinical #Radiology
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
be divided into cardiac ... or structural heart ... syncope (ruling out differential ... life-threatening causes ... should be guided by clinical
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... allergy/atopy - Cardiac ... respiratory distress, heart ... disorder - Other causes ... Tachypnea #Wheeze #Differential
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes ... Clinical: Dyspnea ... Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Endomyocardial: Carcinoid Heart ... #differential #
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... Shock can be caused ... shock is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Shock #Differential