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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
flare ups that cause ... #HeartFailure #Staging ... #Classification ... #Stages #Classes ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
four-component staging ... With treatment, ... Cardiology #CHF #Congestive ... #Stages #Classes ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
flare ups that cause ... Treatments may include ... Cardiology #CHF #Congestive ... #HeartFailure #Staging ... #Stages #ACCAHA
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis and Management Summary

Trauma:
 • Immobilization, Crush iniury, Compartment syndrome, Electrical injury
Exertional:
 •
syndrome, Electrical injury ... Drugs (Statins), ... Treatment: 1 ... Management #Summary #causes ... #treatment
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Regulating Renal Excretion ... Torsemide) • Acute pulmonary ... caused by Ca2+ ... Antagonists, K+ Sparing ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
and congestion. ... Signs of congestion ... Imaging and more ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
from the blood by excretion ... presentations and disease states ... liver or renal injury ... output - Acute pulmonary ... #typea #typeb #classification
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
Bactrim, PCN G-K), K-sparing ... , rhabdo/crush injury ... • ↓ Renal K+ Excretion ... only if no clear cause ... Optimize volume status
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... to years after starting ... amiodarone treatment ... macrophages in alveolar spaces ... macrophages Treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
• A state of hyperinflammatory ... HIV-infected patients starting ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... develop IRIS (exception ... Guidelines recommend starting