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VA ECMO Unloading - LV Venting
Different LV Venting Strategies work through these basic mechanisms: ↓ Preload,
VA ECMO Unloading ... Afterload • Reducing ECMO ... Afterload • IABP ... cardiology #management #ecmo
ECMO circuit chatter - rhythmic pulsations in the drainage catheter/tubing leading to the pump
CHATTER occurs when
ECMO circuit chatter ... leading to the pump ... generated by the pump ... Untreated it can cause ... MD @nickmmark #ECMO
Causes of Stroke - Ischemic, Hemorrhagic, Subarachnoid - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Ischemic
 • Intracerebral Hemorrhage
Causes of Stroke ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hemorrhage #Stroke #CVA ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
ECMO Troubleshooting - OnePager Summary
ECMO Emergency Protocol - Team should train/practice & have necessary supplies at
ECMO Troubleshooting ... OnePager Summary ECMO ... Return to pre-ECMO ... circuit and can cause ... EMBOLISM - can cause
A quick way to consider causes of PEA arrest (or severe hypotension) is to consider: Volume
way to consider causes ... consider: Volume - Pump ... Obstruction, and then 3 causes ... Differential #Evaluation #Algorithm
Digoxin Pharmacology and Pathophysiology
1) Na/K ATPase Pump - Digoxin works by directly binding to and inhibiting
1) Na/K ATPase Pump ... Na+/K+ ATPase pump ... increase. 2) The Na/Ca ... increase, the Na+2/Ca ... intracellular calcium causes
Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Inflammatory
    - Invasive Infections
    - Non-Infections
Watery
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Maldigestive Motility - VA ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Chattering on ECMO
What is chattering? If you look closely at this video clip, the tubing is
Chattering on ECMO ... which is low) and pump ... flow through the ECMO ... blood cells and cause ... @pulmcritdoc #ECMO
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... primary - HCC, CCA ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hepatology
Dizziness - Central and Peripheral Causes - Differential Diagnosis
Central Causes:
 • Cerebrovascular:  vertebrobasilar, TIA, Wallenburg,
and Peripheral Causes ... Diagnosis Central Causes ... contusion • Tumours: CPA ... Central #Peripheral #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm