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Cardiogenic Shock Forrester Classification Table and Mortality

- Warm & Dry (Forrester Class I)

- Warm & Wet
Dry (Forrester Class ... Wet (Forrester Class ... Dry (Forrester Class ... Wet (Forrester Class ... #CHF #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tamponade* • CHF ... Pulmonary Embolism* Lower ... Acute #Dyspnea #SOB ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
methods to do so ... based on airway class ... #clinical #management ... Mallampati Classification ... : Mallampati Classification
M (Mallampati Score): essentially giving you an external assessment tool about the patient’s ability to open
Class I and Class ... associated with lower ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... anesth #Mallampati #Classification
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
disease b) CHF ... ASA class If ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients
The algorithm below shows how pre-test probability could be combined with various criteria to determine which
The algorithm below ... acyclovir in these cases ... within a day, so ... nephrotoxic and lowers ... on the basis of CSF
Clinically Significant Cardiovascular Drug-Drug Interactions With OTC Supplements and Herbal Products
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
 • Night-blooming
Clinically Significant ... vera, Licorice - Causes ... Ginseng, Green tea, Soy ... potential arrhythmias Class ... pharmacology #DDI #table
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... May have typical HF ... during Delivery • Stable ... support for patients clinically
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
MRI 30 M from sub-Saharan ... headache, high csf ... prophylaxis with a lower ... deoxycholate, massive losses ... T2 #MRI #Brain #clinical