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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... pulmonary edema ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
abdominojugular, reflux ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... → no signs of CXR ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
ischemic changes CXR ... distribution • Heart ... use causing non-cardiogenic ... Transfusion-related acute lung ... differential #diagnosis #cardiology
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
Pumonary cardiogenic ... edema - filling ... with congestive heart ... nodular interstitial lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
Congestive heart ... In the lungs LV ... resulting in pulmonary edema ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
position Obstructive lung ... diseased areas of the lung ... signs indicate heart ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... is essentially Cardiogenic ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #heartfailure #chf