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POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for ... Vena Cava #Cardiac ... #Tamponade #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion
POCUS Pearls for Tamponade
- Pericardial Effusion
- Diastolic Right Ventricular Collapse
- Systolic Right Atrial Collapse
- Plethoric Inferior
POCUS Pearls for ... @SAlerhand #Cardiac ... #Tamponade #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation ... #Cardiology #Effusion
Pericardial Tamponade
Beck's Triad 
1. Hypotension 
2. Jugular venous distension 
3. Muffled heart sounds 
Patient will be
Pericardial Tamponade ... show diastolic collapse ... #Pericardial #Cardiac ... #Triad #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Unequal ... pressure >10mmHg: • Cardiac ... tamponade • AECOPD ... followed by rapid collapse
Pericardial Tamponade in a Shock Patient

Watch how the heart collapses and struggles to beat in surrounding
Pericardial Tamponade ... how the heart collapses ... good enough at diagnosing ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #Cardiac
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
Shock Classification ... Pathophysiology Comparison ... tamponade, or tension ... #criticalcare #diagnosis ... #classification
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Bedside Classification ... Anaphylaxis - Post-cardiac ... infarction Tamponade ... #Cardiogenic #Comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis
Tamponade Masked in Pulmonary Hypertension

Signs of Tamponade can be masked by pulmonary hypertension! 1.2L drained. Read
: note L sided collapse ... ) #Clinical #POCUS ... #Cardiology #Echocardiogram ... #A4C #Cardiac # ... #LeftSided #Collapse
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Neurocardiogenic ... • Migraine Cardiac ... Tamponade ... #Algorithm #causes
Chest Pain / ACS Evaluation Algorithm
Algorithm that attempts to the use history taking (guided by LRs),
Algorithm that ... Diamond-Forrester classification ... (+LR 2.6) - Cardiac ... ACS #Evaluation #diagnosis ... #Algorithm #cardiology