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Hypotension - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask for vitals en route
2) Immediate Assessment
3) Examine for a cause:
Rapid Response Management ... 2) Immediate Assessment ... Obstructive 4) Diagnosis ... #criticalcare # ... Shock
Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Electrical Storm ES diagnosed ... Assessment of VT ... QTc (Torsades) / Acquired ... #VTach #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Initial assessment and management of coma in pediatric population.

Airway - is it secure? 
Breathing — is
Initial assessment ... and management ... Circulation - treat shock ... Pediatrics #Peds #ABCs #CriticalCare ... #Diagnosis
Myocarditis
Diagnosis 
• Endomyocardial biopsy (gold standard, rarely performed) 
• Clinical presentation 
• Cardiovascular MRI 
Clinical 
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Myocarditis Diagnosis ... Abnormal ECG, echocardiogram ... • Cardiogenic shock ... cardiac death Management ... #Management #Cardiology
Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP)

Intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation is a method of invasive hemodynamic support. A catheter is
nickmmark #IABP #IntraAortic ... Balloon #Pump #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology ... #criticalcare
Right heart dysfunction and failure in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: mechanisms and management 
Source:
mechanisms and management ... parameters in the assessment ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology ... #Echocardiogram ... RVFailure #Criteria #Assessment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
The assessment of ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
esp in work-up/management ... of shock MICRO ... own objective assessment ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis ... #workup #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #cardiology #echocardiogram ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... heart (Sepsis, Shock ... Cardiology cannot ... #diagnosis #management ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare