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Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... of blood, pus, effusion ... • Call for cardiac ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... • Prep and drape
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... scanning or pulmonary ... ) on room air Treatment
Malignant Pericardial Effusion and Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
CA patient with known pericardial effusion who
and Tamponade on POCUS ... Echocardiogram - A4C ... #Tamponade #Cardiac ... #POCUS #clinical ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nose deformity • Cardiac ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... Goodpasture's cause ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Pulmonary Embolism in COVID-19- Clot in Transit

57 year old COVID PUI  with massive RA thrombus
Pulmonary Embolism ... with massive RA thrombus ... Resulted in cardiac ... ClotinTransit #POCUS ... Echocardiogram #A4C
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
with Tamponade on POCUS ... Echocardiogram - A4C ... consider serious causes ... #Cardiac #Tamponade ... #A4C #clinical
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... - Cardiac arrest ... failure - Low cardiac ... output - Acute pulmonary
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
hemodynamics and cardiac ... with presence of pulmonary ... & Dry) is the treatment ... Cardiac cath if ... the determined cause
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Weakness, cramping, nausea ... diuretics, Saline infusion ... tourniquet / IVF line draw ... only if no clear cause ... line, stabilizes cardiac
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... LVEDd > 6.0 cm, LV thrombus ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... management #cardiology #treatment