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Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
decompensated chronic ... cardiomyopathy Acute ... - Elderly with chronic ... Cardiogenic #Comparison #Table ... Diagnosis #Features #Signs
Chagas Disease - Acute, Chronic and Reactivation 

Acute Chagas
 - 95% asymptomatic
 - Chagoma (Romana's sign),
Chagoma (Romana's sign ... , myocarditis (CHF ... or symptoms - ... (arrhythmia > CHF ... #Diagnosis #Table
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... Less Typical Symptoms ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... HF → no signs of ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Algorithm • Chronic ... (ie Sarcoid), Chronic ... Pre-Coronarv): Shock ... Tachycardia-induced HF ... Occlusion • Stable
Myocarditis 

5 Principles of
Myocarditis:
1. Build clinical suspicion
2. Decide on EMBx
3. Manage acute cardiac injury
4. Manage chronic
Manage acute cardiac ... Manage chronic cardiac ... HF, Cardiogenic ... shock, Arrythmias ... diagnosis #management #cardiology
Acute Pancreatitis vs Chronic Pancreatitis
Causes
Signs & Symptoms
Lipase
Imaging
Diagnosis
Treatment
Complications

SCVMC Internal Medicine @SCVMCMed

#Acute #Chronic #Pancreatitis #comparison #diagnosis #table
Acute Pancreatitis ... vs Chronic Pancreatitis ... Causes Signs & ... Symptoms Lipase ... comparison #diagnosis #table
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
drained if causing acute ... patients With chronic ... treatment for acute ... #Checklist #CHF ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
patients with chronic ... exercise, after acute ... decompensated CHF ... symptoms independent ... treatment #comparison #table
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
but stable or chronic ... and progressive Acute ... rarely preceded by acute ... Löfgren syndrome: ACUTE ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
with the same symptoms ... ) - Previous chronic ... meningitis - Previous chronic ... headache #redflags #signs ... #symptoms #differential