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Inpatient Cath Lab Indications
Cath Lab ASAP:
STEMI
NSTEMI:
1. Unstable/cardiogenic shock
2. Severe LV dysfunction or
3. Recurrent/persistent rest angina despite
STEMI NSTEMI: 1. ... Unstable/cardiogenic ... shock 2. ... Rx: NSTEMI/UA: stable ... #Indications #Cardiac
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Stages: 1. ... myxedema, beriberi CARDIOGENIC ... infarction, following cardiac ... pneumothorax, cardiac ... warm #wet #dry #table
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Myocarditis: 1. ... Build clinical suspicion ... Manage acute cardiac ... - Acute HF, Cardiogenic ... shock, Arrythmias
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... is essentially Cardiogenic ... Shock. ... Cardiac cath if ... cardiology #treatment #table
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
CLINICAL APPLICATIONS ... • Monitoring cardiac ... ß-angle both >900 • CARDIOGENIC ... indicate: - Shock ... /low cardiac output
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... Minority of Pts: cardiogenic ... shock and severe ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... months before 1°
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Epidemiology 1) ... survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... renal failure Clinical ... Self-limiting, chronic but stable ... neuropathy or cardiac
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... MANIFESTATIONS: • The cardinal ... the underlying pathophysiology ... specific therapy, the clinician ... ventilation is required
LAMP2 cardiomyopathy in a 12-year-old boy with sudden death (Table 1; patient #1). A. At autopsy,
sudden death (Table ... 1; patient #1). ... Adjacent cardiac ... defibrillation shock ... #Clinical #Gross