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Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... and/or digoxin level ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... weak inotropic agent ... #Checklist #CHF
Heart Failure (HFrEF) Treatment - GDMT for stage C 

For patients with Heart Failure with REDUCED
If patients have ... benefit in second-line ... /ambcarerx #CHF ... #HFrEF #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... In CHF, decreases ... mortality BPAP - Bi-Level ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... #criticalcare #management
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
patients with chronic lung ... Esmolol • Use if ... decompensated CHF ... anyway to improve CHF ... #Medications #management
Atopic Dermatitis - Topical Treatment Options 
First Line: Topical Corticosteroids 
  - High Potency: Betamethasone
is non-pharmacologic ... pharmacologic option ... corticosteroids, and that long-term ... of the biologic agent ... #Dermatology #Management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... cuffing, Kerley B lines ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
6th decades of life ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... pattern, irregular lines ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
COPD Management Algorithm - GOLD 2019 guidelines 

Categorize into COPD GOLD A-D -> Initiate first-line therapy
COPD Management ... their dyspnea level ... agent. ... #Pulmonary #Algorithm ... #pharmacology
Patients with CHD are exceptionally sensitive to the effects of bronchiolitis on their volume status
Four principles
blood flow to the lungs ... heart to improve pulmonary ... it most, even if ... #Management #Peds ... #Pediatrics #CHD
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
tool to assess level ... non-OTC prolonging agent ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... CriticalCare #diagnosis #management