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Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Unexplained sinus tachycardia ... • Cardiogenic shock ... , sudden cardiac ... #Management #Cardiology
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
overwhelmed, symptomatic tachycardia ... infarction, following cardiac ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #Types #diagnosis ... #management #cold
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
overwhelmed, symptomatic tachycardia ... infarction, following cardiac ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... Classification #types #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
SCAI Pyramid of Cardiogenic Shock Classification
E - Extremis - A patient experiencing cardiac arrest with ongoing
patient experiencing cardiac ... arrest with ongoing CPR ... hypotension or tachycardia ... Classification #ABCDEs #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Pts: cardiogenic shock ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #treatment
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
• Unexplained tachycardia ... arrest, start CPR ... #Anaphylaxis #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... of the resting cardiac ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... Now consider Tachycardia ... #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... Now consider Tachycardia ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical