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Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
Acute onset of skin ... symptoms in the acute ... -> Circulatory collapse ... seizures) - Cardiac ... #Anaphylaxis #pathophysiology
Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Tamponade on POCUS

Parasternal long with some RV collapse explaining this cancer patient's
long with some RV collapse ... Effusion #Malignant #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Cardiac Tamponade with RV collapse.

Dr. J. Christian Fox @jchristianfox

#RVCollapse #Cardiac #Tamponade #PLAX #Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical #Pericardial
Cardiac Tamponade ... with RV collapse ... jchristianfox #RVCollapse ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical
Acute Rheumatic Fever: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Delayed autoimmune reaction
-> Molecular mimicry
-> GAS antigen cross-reacts with host
->
Acute Rheumatic ... Pathogenesis and Clinical ... to myosin and cardiac ... , Carditis #Acute ... RheumaticFever #pathophysiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... tamponade • AECOPD/ Acute ... followed by rapid collapse
Myocardial Injury Classification
Chronic myocardial injury: Chronic heart failure, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension, CKD/ESRD
Acute nonischemic myocardial injury:
 - Primary
Hypertension, CKD/ESRD Acute ... injury: - Primary cardiac ... cardiomyopathy, Acute ... - Primary non-cardiac ... illness: Critical
Acute Coronary Syndrome - Diagnostic Likelihood Ratios for Symptoms and Physical Examination. 

Source:  Does This
Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Chest Pain Have Acute ... : The Rational Clinical ... Atypical #ChestPain #Cardiac
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... week of a known clinical ... effusions, lobar collapse ... , lung collapse, ... H2O #ARDS #Acute
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
how the heart collapses ... @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... Echocardiogram #Cardiac
Tamponade is paradoxical RV collapse during diastole. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if that’s happening by
paradoxical RV collapse ... better obviate the cardiac ... proving diastolic RV collapse ... #MMode #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #POCUS #Clinical