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Malignant Pericardial Effusion causing Tamponade on POCUS

Parasternal long with some RV collapse explaining this cancer patient's
Malignant Pericardial ... causing Tamponade on POCUS ... Parasternal long ... Effusion #Malignant #Cardiac ... Echocardiogram #POCUS
Cardiac incisura
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On the right side of the chest the lung will lie against
Cardiac incisura ... the chest the lung ... since the heart or pericardial ... This causes a density ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... Regurgitation - Pericardium ... Pericarditis • Pericardial ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung
Decision tree of FALLS-protocol (Fluid Administration Limited by Lung Sonography). Lung Ultrasound in the hemodynamic assessment
Lung Ultrasound ... classification, cardiac ... and lung ultrasound ... #Pulmonology #CriticalCare ... Shock #Fluids #POCUS
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
in blood flow caused ... by a massive pericardial ... Depends on the cause ... Tamponade: pericardial ... Pathophysiology #Comparison #criticalcare
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... indicated, start CPR ... • Prep and drape ... ultrasound to identify pericardial ... toward the largest pericardial
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemorrhagic Pericardial ... Secondary to invasive cardiac ... metastatic spread: lung ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac
Causes of Acute Pericarditis:

Infectious;

Viral: 
Adenovirus 
Coxsackie virus A and B 
Echovirus 
Epstein-Barr virus 
Hepatitis 
Human immunodeficiency
Causes of Acute ... Breast Leukemia Lung ... injury Cardiac ... injury (e.g., cardiac ... Rheumatic fever #Causes
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: ED Thoracotomy Instructions
1. CALL FOR HELP.
2. GATHER SUPPLIES.
   +/- Sterile gloves,
Traumatic Cardiac ... Forceps, Needle driver ... to protect the lung ... Hand crank & long ... Evacuate Pericardium
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... detected on CT or CXR ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare