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Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Shock can be caused ... hypovolaemic, cardiogenic ... The cause of shock ... is often clinically ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Shock - Management ... treatment for acute MI ... NSAlDs, ACE-inhibitors ... #CHF #Shock #Cardiogenic ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... for Three Common Causes ... CARDIOGENIC SHOCK ... • Consider intraaortic ... #CriticalCare
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Build clinical suspicion ... Fulminant: - Acute HF ... , Cardiogenic shock ... agent, steroids, AC ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... wound. drains) Cardiogenic ... O2 delivery • MI ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... wound. drains) Cardiogenic ... O2 delivery • MI ... management #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Mucoid Degeneration of the ACL
Imaging Findings:
 • T2-hyperintense fluid-signal within the enlarged ACL on both the
mucinous signal on MRI ... surgery usually not required ... - Can cause ... #mri #clinical ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... ancestry, LGE on MRI ... Minority of Pts: cardiogenic ... shock and severe ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... transplantation CLINICAL ... complete paralysis of all ... - Spinal MRI may ... ventilation is required
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
is essentially Cardiogenic ... Shock. ... the determined cause ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #