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Traditionally, congestive heart failure has been classified according to severity of symptoms, first formulated by the
III and class IV ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Staging #Classification ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
Stages in the development of HF and recommended therapy by stage. ACEI indicates angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor;
development of HF and ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Staging #Stages ... #ACCAHA #Algorithm ... #Management #Cardiology
STAGES of CHF (A, B, C, D), however, describe the severity of structural abnormalities that impair
III and class IV ... #Management #Cardiology ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Staging #Stages ... #ACCAHA #Algorithm
In order to better classify heart failure, the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American
four-component staging ... Association functional class ... CHF #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Stages #Classes ... #NYHA #ACCAHA
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Medications Used ... CHF also causes ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #Congestive #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Preload
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Long-standing ... licorice • Medications ... Secondary #HTN #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Antagonists, K+ Sparing ... Heart Association class ... Excretion #Diuresis #Nephrology ... #Pharmacology # ... Medications #Table
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Imaging and more ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... table #foamed #heartfailure ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Guideline-Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) in HFrEF and CKD

 • Class I pillars of HFrEF GDMT across
GDMT) in HFrEF and ... Chronotropes • Medications ... used in HFrEF: Statins ... HFrEF #management #pharmacology ... #cardiology
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm for hypokalemia. 
***Typical presentations: 
 • Vomiting: urine Na/Cl > 1.6, low urine
Pragmatic diagnostic algorithm ... the patient not taking ... Other medications ... continued in most cases ... #nephrology