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Murmurs Needing Echocardiography Evaluation #Management #EM #IM #Cardiology #Murmur #Benign #Characteristics #Echocardiogram #ALiEM
Echocardiography Evaluation #Management ... #EM #IM #Cardiology ... Characteristics #Echocardiogram ... #ALiEM
Pharmacology of diuretics

Acetazolamide, Loop diuretics, Thiazide‐like diuretics, MRA, Amiloride

Site of Action, Maximum Dose, Half-Life, Onset, Bioavailability,
Pharmacology #Comparison #Table ... #HalfLife #Dosing ... Thiazide #CHF #Cardiology ... #Management
D-Sign on Ultrasound
Right Ventricular Pressure vs Volume Overload
Eccentricity Index (EI) = D2/D1
RV Overload “D Sign” EI
” EI > 1 - POCUS ... @Pocus101 #DSign ... #Ultrasound #echocardiogram ... psax #diagnosis #cardiology ... #pocus
Echocardiogram Windows - Nomenclature
Each view is described using three (3) components
1) Transducer Position or "Window"
Echocardiogram Windows ... view is described using ... Two-chamber #Echocardiogram ... #Nomenclature #POCUS ... #cardiology #views
Junctional Rhythms - Junctional rhythm describes an abnormal heart rhythm resulting from impulses coming from a
from impulses coming ... from a locus of ... #Cardiology #MedStudent ... Junctional #Rhythms #Table
LVOTO due to SAM on POCUS Echocardiogram

Septic patient after IV fluids and initiation of Levophed. Worsening
due to SAM on POCUS ... Echocardiogram ... Management? ... #Echocardiogram ... #ultrasound #Cardiology
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
POCUS Echocardiography ... - Table of Cardiac ... #Cardiac #TTE #Echocardiogram ... Map #Comparison #Table ... Echocardiography #Cardiology
Massive Left Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram (TEE)
Pt admitted for SOB x 2 months with episode of
Atrial Myxoma on Echocardiogram ... overload, but was doing ... Atrial #Myxoma #Echocardiogram ... TEE #clinical #cardiology ... #POCUS
Managing warfarin INR

Warfarin dosage must be individualized according to the patient's response to the drug, and
#management #algorithm ... #medications #table ... #decisionaid #cardiology ... hematology #warfarin #dosing
Diastolic Dysfunction Grading - Echocardiography
Grade 0  (Normal):
 • E/A >0.8, e’ > 8 cm/s, E/e’
“Push” from LA during ... Relaxation Speed - POCUS ... Echocardiography #echocardiogram ... grades #diagnosis #cardiology ... #POCUS