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Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
Congestive heart ... output because of cardiac ... circulation or fluid ... vessels, leakage of fluid ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Pericardial Consistency Comparison on POCUS - Blood, Fat, Pus and Serous

Unclotted blood remains anechoic around clotted
on POCUS - Blood ... move with the heart ... independently from cardiac ... #Fluid #POCUS # ... Echocardiogram #S4C
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
responsiveness due to heart ... • LV End Diastolic ... blood from the LV ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare #comparison
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart ... hemodynamics and cardiac ... may benefit from LV ... Cardiac cath if ... #heartfailure #chf
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
any evidence of fluid ... exam Determine Cardiac ... disease b) CHF ... dysfunction or LV ... stratification #diagnosis
POCUS Echocardiogram Volume Assessment

Echo provides increased accuracy and insight into volume state assessment. This grid illustrates
a hyperdynamic heart ... PEEP/diuretics/fluids ... of IVC, LV, RV, ... Volume #Assessment #Diagnosis ... #Comparison #Hypovolemic
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... treatments include fluid ... perfusion - Cardiac ... Hypovolemia - LV ... failure - Low cardiac