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Intra-aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) - Physiology in Systole and Diastole

- Dr. Rishi Kumar @rishikumarmd

#Intraaortic #Balloon #Pump
Intra-aortic Balloon ... rishikumarmd #Intraaortic ... #Balloon #Pump ... #IABP #pathophysiology ... #cardiology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Toxic Megacolon, Shock ... Perforation) Pathophysiology ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... can be community-acquired ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Myocarditis: 1. ... HF, Cardiogenic shock ... Low voltage Treatment ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
& Cardiogenic Shock ... function tests if shock ... on context Rx 1 ... Revascularization, treatment ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... mechanical support (Balloon ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #treatment #table
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
• Incidence: 1 ... 3 to 1/2 of patients ... the underlying pathophysiology ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... ventilation is required
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... Etiology: • Pathophysiology ... PRES Diagnosis: 1. ... epilepticus Treatment ... underlying cause • Treatment
Scurvy (Vitamin C Deficiency) - Diagnosis and Management

Vitamin C is required for hydroxylation of proline residues
Vitamin C is required ... vasculitis Treatment ... Supplementation with 1 ... weeks #Scurvy #Pathophysiology ... #AscorbicAcid #Pathophysiology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... months before 1° ... diagnosis #management #cardiology ... #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Treatment ... clinical forms: 1) ... Mucormycosis Treatment ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... fever • Septic shock