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Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
CHF also causes ... congestion the ... #Pharmacology #CHF ... #Medications #Action ... #Cardiology #Preload
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... : Budd-Chiari, Congestion ... /CHF • Hepatic ... Artery: Shock Liver ... #Acute #algorithm
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
drained if causing acute ... , no pulmonary congestion ... treatment for acute ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Reduced Ejection Fraction ... (Sens. 81% for acute ... CXR congestion. ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #pharmacology #
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
Torsemide) • Acute ... Kidney stones caused ... the Nonspecific Cation ... • Hypovolemic shock ... Diuresis #Nephrology #Pharmacology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Vascular Causes ... Budd-chiari syndrome, Congestion ... /CHF, Venoocclusive ... Hepatic artery: Shock ... VZV • Trauma: Shock
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology ... #heartfailure #chf ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the knee-jerk reaction ... the setting of acute ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the knee-jerk reaction ... the setting of acute ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... treat the primary cause ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• A form of acute ... ⚠️ Cardiogenic shock ... cells • sFlt-1 & Activin ... pulmonary venous congestion ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology