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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
near-syncope, syncope. 1. ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Endocrinopathies 2. ... #Fibrillation #Cardiology ... #Management #Algorithm
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... 1. ... Pulmonary arterial ... receptor type 2) ... Interstitial lung
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
the course of 1 ... week (a) Day 1 ... (b) Day 2 - some ... involvement, with “white lung ... #Clinical #Radiology
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS Protocol
Rapid Ultrasound in Shock and Hypotension
1. Parasternal Long Cardiac View
2. Apical Four-Chamber
RUSH(ed) Exam - POCUS ... and Hypotension 1. ... Parasternal Long ... Cardiac View 2. ... DVT depending on clinical
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
ventilated • CXR, Lung ... and • SARS-CoV-2 ... panel) • Alpha 1 ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... diffusion-perfusion defect (Type 1) ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Clinical Presentation ... on radioactive lung
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
patients such as: 1. ... HIV (CD4 cell counts ... than 50/μL) 2. ... Disease: Clinical ... Disease: • Clinical
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
and other non-pulmonary ... chest x-rays. 1. ... cough and fever. 2. ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Radiology #CXR
Tracheal Airway POCUS prior to anticipated difficult airway
1. ID cricothyroid membrane evaluation
2. Confirm tracheal intubation
3. Detect
difficult airway 1. ... membrane evaluation 2. ... by identifying lung ... #trachea #clinical ... ultrasound #intubation #criticalcare